Model-assisted estimation of forest resources with generalized additive models

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 478, 2007, Pages 400-409

  Opsomer, Jean D ^a   Breidt, F Jay ^b   Moisen, Gretchen G ^c   Kauermann, Göran ^d  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Multiphase survey estimation; Nonparametric regression; Systematic sampling; Variance estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250738851     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214506000001491     Document Type: Article

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