Covariance tapering for likelihood-based estimation in large spatial data sets

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 484, 2008, Pages 1545-1555

  Kaufman, Cari G ^a   Schervish, Mark J ^b   Nychka, Douglas W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Compactly supported correlation function; Covariance estimation; Estimating equation; Gaussian process

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049091991     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214508000000959     Document Type: Article

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