Estimating the spatial scales of regionalized variables by nested sampling, hierarchical analysis of variance and residual maximum likelihood

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1320-1333

  Webster, R ^a   Welham, S J ^a   Potts, J M ^b   Oliver, M A ^c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Balance; Nested sampling; reml; Variance components; Variogram

Indexed keywords

FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION; NESTED SAMPLING; RESIDUAL MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; VARIOGRAM;

MAPPING;

FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); MAPPING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYING;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; KRIGING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 33747363497     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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