On blind tests and spatial prediction models

Progress in Geomathematics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 315-332

  Fabbri, Andrea G ^a,b   Chung, Chang Jo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blind test; cross validation; favorability; hazard; mineral exploration; spatial prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855665922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69496-0_15     Document Type: Chapter

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