Bayesian statistics-based procedure for sampling of contaminated sites

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-345

  Carlon, C ^a   Nathanail, C P ^b   Critto, C ^c   Marcomini, A ^c  

^a Consorzio Venezia Ricerche ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Contaminated soil characterisation; Decision support system; Site assessment; Soil sampling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTAMINATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

BAYESIAN STATISTICS; CONTAMINATED SITES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 3242717061     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10588330490466049     Document Type: Article

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