Geostatistical Analysis of Compositional Data [Hardcover]

1. Introduction
2. Regionalized Compositions
3. Spatial Covariance Structure
4. Concepts of Null Correlation
5. Cokriging
6. Practical Aspects of Compositional Data Analysis
7. Application to Real Data
Summary and Prospects
References
Index

Pawlowsky-Glahn (Department of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, University of Girona) gives the general framework for regionalized compositions as well as for cokriging of a whole vector. She introduces basic concepts and definitions for regionalized compositions (r-compositions), then presents the definition of the spatial covariance structure for r-compositions and treats expressions of null cross-correlation for r-compositions. She describes the estimation technique known as cokriging, and illustrates procedures with a geological example. --SciTech Book News