Non-Gaussian Bayesian geostatistical modeling

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 474, 2006, Pages 604-618

  Palacios, M Blanca ^a   Steel, Mark F J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Identifiability: Nugget effect; Outlier; Prior sensitivity; Scale mixing; Smoothness; Spatial heteroscedasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745671715     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214505000001195     Document Type: Article

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