Design and analysis for modeling and predicting spatial contamination

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-22

  Abt, Markus ^a   Welch, William J ^a   Sacks, Jerome ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased prediction; Dioxin contamination; Gaussian stochastic process; Lognormal kriging; Ordinary kriging; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033046849     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007539729104     Document Type: Article

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