A kernel variogram estimator for clustered data

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-37

  Menezes, Raquel ^a   Garcia Soidán, Pilar ^b   Febrero Bande, Manuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cluster; Isotropy; Kernel method; Variogram

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849147076     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2007.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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