Elicited data and incorporation of expert opinion for statistical inference in spatial studies

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 465-487

  Lele, Subhash R ^a   Das, Abhik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Elicited prior; Hierarchical models; Honesty parameter; Kriging; Optimal sequential sample design

Indexed keywords

KRIGING; MODELING; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 0034079360     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007525900030     Document Type: Article

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