A statistical perspective on III-posed inverse problems

Statistical Science

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 502-518

  O’Sullivan, Finbarr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Averaging Kernel; B splines; Cross validation; Experimental design; Mean square error; Reservoir engineering; Satellite meteorology; Stereology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84972545853     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ss/1177013525     Document Type: Article

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