A comparison between Markov approximations and other methods for large spatial data sets

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-21

  Bolin, David ^a   Lindgren, Finn ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covariance tapering; Kriging; Markov random fields; Mat rn covariances; Process convolutions; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; MARKOV PROCESSES;

COMPUTATIONAL PROPERTIES; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; COVARIANCE TAPERING; KRIGING; MARKOV RANDOM FIELDS; MODEL APPROXIMATIONS; WAVELET BASIS FUNCTIONS; WAVELETS;

CONVOLUTION;

EID: 84885018951     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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