Spatially nested sampling schemes for spatial variance components: Scope for their optimization

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1633-1641

  Lark, R M ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nested sampling; REML; Sample design; Variance components

Indexed keywords

BALANCED DESIGN; COVARIANCE STRUCTURES; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; GEOSCIENCES; NESTED DESIGN; NESTED SAMPLING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; OPTIMIZED SAMPLING; REML; SAMPLE DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZES; SAMPLING DESIGN; SAMPLING SCHEMES; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIANCE; STATISTICAL POWER; VARIANCE COMPONENTS;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DESIGN; FORESTRY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

SAMPLING;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; MATRIX; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 80052531405     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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