Efficient emulators of computer experiments using compactly supported correlation functions, with an application to cosmology

Annals of Applied Statistics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2470-2492

  Kaufman, Cari G ^a   Bingham, Derek ^a   Habib, Salman ^a   Heitmann, Katrin ^a   Frieman, Joshua A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Computer experiments; Emulators; Gaussian processes; Photometric redshift

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858704112     PISSN: 19326157     EISSN: 19417330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/11-AOAS489     Document Type: Article

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