Maximum-likelihood estimation for multivariate spatial linear coregionalization models

Environmetrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-139

  Zhang, Hao ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cokriging; EM algorithm; Linear coregionalization model; Multivariate covariogram; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 33947110315     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.807     Document Type: Article

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