Estimating space and space-time covariance functions for large data sets: A weighted composite likelihood approach

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 497, 2012, Pages 268-280

  Bevilacqua, Moreno ^a   Gaetan, Carlo ^a   Mateu, Jorge ^b   Porcu, Emilio ^c  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composite likelihood; Estimating equations; Godambe information; Identification; Space time geostatistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862889453     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2011.646928     Document Type: Article

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