[ai-geostats] Geostats Scam?

2006-02-07 Thread Mach Nife
Hi, This guy (Jan W Merks) seems to devote his life trying to prove that Geostatistics is a scam... If it's true I'm gonna start looking for alternatives. http://www.geostatscam.com Anyone has a point of vue on this? machnife __ Do You Yahoo!? Ti

RE: [ai-geostats] Geostats Scam?

2006-02-07 Thread Paul Walline
website (at least you used to be able to, I haven't checked recently). Paul Walline NOAA Fisheries -Original Message- From: Mach Nife [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:59 AM To: ai-geostats@unil.ch Subject: [ai-geostats] Geostats Scam? Hi, This guy (Jan W

RE: [ai-geostats] Geostats Scam?

2006-02-07 Thread Collier, Perry \(TS\)
AM To: ai-geostats@unil.ch Subject: [ai-geostats] Geostats Scam? Hi, This guy (Jan W Merks) seems to devote his life trying to prove that Geostatistics is a scam... If it's true I'm gonna start looking for alternatives. http://www.geostatscam.com Anyone has a point of vu

RE: [ai-geostats] Geostats Scam?

2006-02-08 Thread Gregoire Dubois
icial position of the European Commission." -Original Message- From: Collier, Perry (TS) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 February 2006 23:21 To: ai-geostats@unil.ch Subject: RE: [ai-geostats] Geostats Scam? Here we go again list! Welcome to the world of Jan Merks, "Mach&

Re: [ai-geostats] Geostats Scam?

2006-02-08 Thread Stephen Henley
ach Nife" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 6:58 PM Subject: [ai-geostats] Geostats Scam? Hi, This guy (Jan W Merks) seems to devote his life trying to prove that Geostatistics is a scam... If it's true I'm gonna start looking for alterna

Re: [ai-geostats] Geostats Scam?

2006-02-12 Thread Stephen Henley
One of the foundation stones of geostatistics is the assumption that there is a spatial semivariogram function which is invariant under spatial translation. In many geological situations of interest (I might even say 'most'), this assumption is patently false. For example, in a typical hydrothe

[ai-geostats] Geostats Scam continued

2006-02-14 Thread Edward Isaaks
Hello List FYI, a few comments related to the ongoing discussion re Geostats Scam. Stephen Henley makes some valid points on the shortcomings of geostatistics. In particular, I have also been troubled by the application of models "invariant under spatial translation" to real world data. "The pro

[ai-geostats] Geostats Scam continued

2006-02-14 Thread Edward Isaaks
Hello List FYI, a few comments related to the ongoing discussion re Geostats Scam. Stephen Henley makes some valid points on the shortcomings of geostatistics. In particular, I have also been troubled by the application of models "invariant under spatial translation" to real world data. "The pro