Bayesian inference for non-stationary spatial covariance structure via spatial deformations

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 743-758

  Schmidt, Alexandra M ^a   O'Hagan, Anthony ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Augmented covariance matrix; Environmental monitoring; Gaussian process; Spatial deformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042171731     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00413     Document Type: Article

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