Using expert knowledge with control of false discovery rate to select regressors for prediction of soil properties

Geoderma

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 65-78

  Lark, R M ^a   Bishop, T F A ^a   Webster, R ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital soil mapping; False discovery rate; Inference; Model selection; Pedometrics; Pedotransfer functions; Regression

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SET THEORY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DIGITAL SOIL MAPPING; FALSE DISCOVERY RATES; INFERENCES; MODEL SELECTION; PEDOMETRICS; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS; REGRESSORS;

SOILS;

AUTOMATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DIGITAL MAPPING; EXPERT SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING BIAS; SOIL PROPERTY; THEMATIC MAPPING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33846881359     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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