AI-GEOSTATS: Sign of the Lagrange Multiplier Used in Back-transform

2009-12-21 Thread yang yu
Hello all, I'm trying to apply the lognormal kriging method to a highly negatively skewed dataset (data were reflected first). The back_transform formula given in the reference book takes the following form: Z(x) = EXP[ EstimatedValue + KrigingVariance/s - *LagrangeMultiplier*] in which the

AI-GEOSTATS: Re: Sign of the Lagrange Multiplier Used in Back-transform

2009-12-21 Thread Isobel Clark
Yang Yes the lagrangian multipier is subtracted, assuming you used the semi-variogram in your kriging equations. If you use the covariance, it is added. The extra terms in the back transform are to correct for the difference between the variance of the true values and the variance of the