Measures of parameter uncertainty in geostatistical estimation and geostatistical optimal design

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-221

  Nowak, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Cokriging; Conditioning; Kriging; Optimal design

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; EXPLORATION; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; OPTIMIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952887009     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-009-9245-1     Document Type: Article

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