Spatial prediction of categorical variables: The Bayesian maximum entropy approach

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 425-448

  Bogaert, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

BME; Categorical variable; Geostatistics; Indicator kriging

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044533124     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-002-0114-4     Document Type: Article

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