Hybrid estimation of semivariogram parameters

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-260

  Zhang, Hao ^a   Zimmerman, Dale L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistency; Geostatistics; Kriging; Maximum likelihood estimation; Weighted least squares estimation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 34248545274     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: 15738868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-006-9070-8     Document Type: Article

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