On optimal point and block prediction in log-Gaussian random fields

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 523-540

  De Oliveira, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased prediction; Change of support problem; Lognormal kriging; Loss function; Ordinary kriging; Unbiased prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746784754     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2006.00494.x     Document Type: Review

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