Overview
This book presents an introduction to geostatistics stressing the multivariate aspects for scientists, engineers or statisticians. Geostatistics offers a variety of models, methods and techniques for the analysis, estimation and display of multivariate data distributed in space or time. This book presents a brief review of statistical concepts, a detailed introduction to linear geostatistics, and an account of three methods of multivariate analysis. Moreover, it contains an advanced presentation of linear models for multivariate spatial or temporal data, of nonlinear models and methods for selection problems with change of support, as well as an introduction to nonstationary geostatistics with special focus on the external drift method. Applications from very different areas of science, and also exercices with solutions are provided to help convey the general ideas.Book Details
Published
April 1, 2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Pages
402
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9783642079115