Interpolation of spatial data-A stochastic or a deterministic problem?

European Journal of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 601-629

  Scheuerer, M ^a   Schaback, R ^b   Schlather, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

geostatistics; kernel interpolation; spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER EXPERIMENT; CONVERGENCE RATES; DETERMINISTIC PROBLEMS; GEO-STATISTICS; KERNEL INTERPOLATIONS; KERNEL SELECTION; MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

INTERPOLATION;

EID: 84879832625     PISSN: 09567925     EISSN: 14694425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956792513000016     Document Type: Review

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