Asymptotic Behavior of the Likelihood Function of Covariance Matrices of Spatial Gaussian Processes

The covariance structure of spatial Gaussian predictors (aka Kriging predictors) is generally modeled by parameterized covariance functions; the associated hyperparameters in turn are estimated via the method of maximum likelihood. In this work, the asymptotic behavior of the maximum likelihood of s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ralf Zimmermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Mathematics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/494070