ISBN: 9780521587471

Book Author(s): P. K. Kitanidis

Book Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Date of Publication:

Cost: 45 US$

Pages: 271

Url: http://www.cup.org/titles/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521587476

Description:

Introduction to AI_GEOSTATS presents practical techniques for engineers and earth scientists who routinely encounter interpolation and estimation problems when analyzing data from field observations. Requiring no background in statistics, and with a unique approach that synthesizes classic and geostatistical methods, this book offers linear estimation methods for practitioners and advanced students. Well illustrated with exercises and worked examples, Introduction to AI_GEOSTATS is designed for graduate-level courses in earth sciences and environmental engineering.

Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Exploratory data analysis; 3. Intrinsic model; 4. Variogram fitting; 5. Anisotropy; 6. Variable mean; 7. More linear estimation; 8. Multiple variables; 9. Estimation and GW models; A. Probability theory review; B. Lagrange multipliers; C. Generation of realizations.

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