Forecasting the number of soil samples required to reduce remediation cost uncertainty

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1694-1702

  Demougeot Renard, Hélène ^a,b   De Fouquet, Chantal ^c   Renard, Philippe ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; REMEDIATION; SAMPLING; SITE SELECTION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

COST UNCERTAINTY; NONLINEAR GEOSTATICS; SAMPLING ERRORS; SAMPLING SCHEME DESIGN;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COST CONTROL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SOIL POLLUTION; TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 4544275698     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.1694     Document Type: Article

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