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Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertainty (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) [Hardcover]

Jean-Paul Chil?s (Author), Pierre Delfiner (Author)
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April 7, 1999 0471083151 978-0471083153 1
A novel, practical approach to modeling spatial uncertainty.

This book deals with statistical models used to describe natural variables distributed in space or in time and space. It takes a practical, unified approach to geostatistics-integrating statistical data with physical equations and geological concepts while stressing the importance of an objective description based on empirical evidence. This unique approach facilitates realistic modeling that accounts for the complexity of natural phenomena and helps solve economic and development problems-in mining, oil exploration, environmental engineering, and other real-world situations involving spatial uncertainty.

Up-to-date, comprehensive, and well-written, Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertainty explains both theory and applications, covers many useful topics, and offers a wealth of new insights for nonstatisticians and seasoned professionals alike. This volume:
* Reviews the most up-to-date geostatistical methods and the types of problems they address.
* Emphasizes the statistical methodologies employed in spatial estimation.
* Presents simulation techniques and digital models of uncertainty.
* Features more than 150 figures and many concrete examples throughout the text.
* Includes extensive footnoting as well as a thorough bibliography.

Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertainty is the only geostatistical book to address a broad audience in both industry and academia. An invaluable resource for geostatisticians, physicists, mining engineers, and earth science professionals such as petroleum geologists, geophysicists, and hydrogeologists, it is also an excellent supplementary text for graduate-level courses in related subjects.

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"This is a book that the geostatistical community has been waiting for long since" "I can recommend anyone interested in geostatistics to get the volume...I am convinced that it will be the volume to cite in the next decade or more."(Journal of Geodsy, November 2000)

Reviews the most up-to-date geostatistical methods and the types of problems they address. Emphasizes the statistical methodologies employed in spatial estimation. Presents simulation techniquesand digital models of uncertainty.

"...a readable, comprehensive volume that should be useful for many years. It belongs on the desk, close at hand, of any serious researcher or practitioner." (Mathematical Geology, Vol. 35, No. 3April 2003)

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A novel, practical approach to modeling spatial uncertainty.

This book deals with statistical models used to describe natural variables distributed in space or in time and space. It takes a practical, unified approach to geostatistics-integrating statistical data with physical equations and geological concepts while stressing the importance of an objective description based on empirical evidence. This unique approach facilitates realistic modeling that accounts for the complexity of natural phenomena and helps solve economic and development problems-in mining, oil exploration, environmental engineering, and other real-world situations involving spatial uncertainty.

Up-to-date, comprehensive, and well-written, Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertainty explains both theory and applications, covers many useful topics, and offers a wealth of new insights for nonstatisticians and seasoned professionals alike. This volume:
* Reviews the most up-to-date geostatistical methods and the types of problems they address.
* Emphasizes the statistical methodologies employed in spatial estimation.
* Presents simulation techniques and digital models of uncertainty.
* Features more than 150 figures and many concrete examples throughout the text.
* Includes extensive footnoting as well as a thorough bibliography.

Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertainty is the only geostatistical book to address a broad audience in both industry and academia. An invaluable resource for geostatisticians, physicists, mining engineers, and earth science professionals such as petroleum geologists, geophysicists, and hydrogeologists, it is also an excellent supplementary text for graduate-level courses in related subjects.

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  • Hardcover: 720 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition (April 7, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471083151
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471083153
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.7 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended!, March 15, 2000
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This review is from: Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertainty (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) (Hardcover)
Highly recommended! This is easily the most comprehensive, scholarly, and up-to-date work in the area.

The authors cover the entire range of geostatistics - structural analysis (variogram fitting), kriging, multivariate and nonlinear methods, conditional simulation, scale effects, and inverse problems. The chapter on geostatistical simulation is particularly impressive, and much unpublished work of Georges Matheron and the Center for Geostatistics at Fontainebleau, France, is made available here for the first time. Practical and theoretical aspects of geostatistics balance each other very nicely.

This is not an introductory text - there are other books in the area which are custom-tailored to beginners - but it is an invaluable, and very carefully written, reference. For anyone applying geostatistical techniques in environmental sciences, earth sciences, engineering, or related fields, this book is a must-have!

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars the reference book in geostatistics, February 17, 2000
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This review is from: Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertainty (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) (Hardcover)
There are a large number of books on geostatistics, usually introductory books dealing with parts of the subject. The volume by Chiles and Delfiner is THE comprehensive reference book in geostatistics that has been missing up to now.

It covers every part of geostatistics. After a useful introduction and preliminaries, different chapters are devoted successively to structural analysis, kriging, the intrinsic model of order k, multivariate methods, nonlinear methods, conditional simulations, scale effects and inverse problems.

Within each section, the book offers an accurate perspective of the different geostatistical methods. Practical approaches as well as theoretical developments are jointly considered, providing a sound basis to the user.

The writing is fluent, with an extensive documentation and a most helpful index.

The book will benefit those who want to know more about a specific method, as well as those who are looking for different approaches to a given problem. It will be valuable for academics and students, as well as scientists, engineers and practitioners from different domains such as mining, hydrogeology, oil exploration, soil science, forestry, and environmental sciences.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Quality, September 22, 2008
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I found this book a little bit cheaper than the regular prize. When I got it I noticed the printing and paper quality are lower than the older books. Anyway, it is a good reference for conventional Geostatistics.
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