The characterization problem for isotropic covariance functions

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-111

  Gneiting, Tilmann ^a   Sasvári, Zoltán ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Correlation function; Extension theorem; Nugget effect; Positive definite; Radial; Schoenberg's conjecture

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS;

EID: 0344689981     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007597415185     Document Type: Article

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