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ISBN: 0195115384

Book Author(s): Pierre Goovaerts

Book Publisher: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication: 1 December 1997

Cost: 90 US$

Pages: 196

This book provides an advanced-level introduction to geostatistics and geostatistical methodology. The discussion includes tools for description, quantitative modeling of spatial continuity, spatial prediction, and assessment of local uncertainty and stochastic simulation. It also details the theoretical background underlying most GSLIB programs.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction 2. Exploratory Data Analysis 3. The Random Function Model 4. Inference and Modeling 5. Local Estimation: Accounting for a Single Attribute 6. Local Estimation: Accounting for Secondary Information 7. Assessment of Local Uncertainty 8. Assessment of Spatial Uncertainty 9. Summary