A nonparametric test for spatial isotropy using subsampling

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 467, 2004, Pages 810-821

  Guan, Yongtao ^a   Sherman, Michael ^b   Calvin, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Isotropy; Spatial statistics; Subsampling; Variogram

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944260487     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214504000001150     Document Type: Article

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