Bayesian inference and prediction of Gaussian random fields based on censored data

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-115

  De Oliveira, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Censoring pattern; Data augmentation; Detection limits; Inequality constrained data; Kriging; Spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944364211     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/106186005X27518     Document Type: Article

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