Implementation of the elemental library stratified sampling technique on the GUI-based Monte Carlo library least squares (MCLLS) approach for EDXRF analysis

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1243-1249

  Li, Fusheng ^a   Gardner, Robin P ^b  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector response function; Elemental analysis; Elemental stratified sampling; Geochemical logging; Library least squares method; X ray fluorescence (XRF)

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR RESPONSE; EDXRF ANALYSIS; ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; EQUAL OPPORTUNITY; LEAST SQUARE; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; METAL ALLOYS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ROCK FORMATIONS; SAMPLING SCHEMES; STATISTICAL PRECISION; STRATIFIED SAMPLING; VARIANCE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; WEIGHT FRACTIONS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X RAY SPECTRUM;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; X RAYS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALLOY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISPERSPIVE X RAY FLUORESCENCE; MONTE CARLO BASED LIBRARY LEAST SQUARES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCK; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84862213955     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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