Thank you Umberto, this definitely sounds as an interesting solution. Can you advise something to read about this method?
thanks again, Gali --- Umberto Fracassi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Gali, > > may you not try with Radial Basis Function > (Multiquadric) instead of > kriging? It's meant to be an exact interpolator, > although sometimes it > doesn't fully honor your data. However, it's based > on the concept of > track data which seems to me to suit the issue you > mention. I employ RBF > with macroseismic effects of historical earthquakes. > Since these data > are sparse (and scarce and scattered..!) by > definition, this algorithm > effectively pursues aligned pattern in the dataset. > > Hope this may help... > > Ciao and best regards, > > > Umberto > > Gali Sirkis wrote: > > >Dear list members, > > > >Please advise what to do in following case: > > The sparse dataset for kriging inlcudes only few > >(5-6) original data points + interpolated external > >data, that covering whole study area. > >One of the original data points seems completly not > to > >fit to the main correlation line between original > and > >external data, however mostly probable is not an > >error, but might represent different combination of > >data properties. > >Is there is any chance to use this outlying point? > >Does is sound feasible for you as specialists in > >statistical analysis to use the kriging method in > this > >case? > > > >Many thanks in advance for your help, > > > >Gali Sirkis > > > >__________________________________ > > > > > > > > -- > > > Umberto Fracassi > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia > Via di Vigna Murata, 605 > 00143 Roma > Italy > Tel: +39-06-51860557 > Fax: +39-06-5041181 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.ingv.it/paleo/fracassi/ > -------------------------------------------------------- > ********************* > "This is what you should do: Love the earth and the > sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to > everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and > crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate > tyrants, argue not concerning god, have patience and > indulgence toward people, take off your hat to > nothing known or unknown, or to anyone or number of > people ....reexamine all you have been told at > school or church, or in any book, dismiss what > insults your soul, and your very flesh shall be a > great poem." > > Walt Whitman > ********************* > > > > > > -- > * To post a message to the list, send it to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * As a general service to the users, please remember > to post a summary of any useful responses to your > questions. > * To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with no subject and "unsubscribe ai-geostats" > followed by "end" on the next line in the message > body. DO NOT SEND Subscribe/Unsubscribe requests to > the list > * Support to the list is provided at http://www.ai-geostats.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- * To post a message to the list, send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * As a general service to the users, please remember to post a summary of any useful responses to your questions. * To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with no subject and "unsubscribe ai-geostats" followed by "end" on the next line in the message body. DO NOT SEND Subscribe/Unsubscribe requests to the list * Support to the list is provided at http://www.ai-geostats.org
