Mean squared prediction error in the spatial linear model with estimated covariance parameters |
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Authors: | Dale L. Zimmerman Noel Cressie |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Iowa, 52242 Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.;(2) Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, 50011 Ames, IA, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The problem considered is that of predicting the value of a linear functional of a random field when the parameter vector of the covariance function (or generalized covariance function) is unknown. The customary predictor when is unknown, which we call the EBLUP, is obtained by substituting an estimator j for in the expression for the best linear unbiased predictor (BLUP). Similarly, the customary estimator of the mean squared prediction error (MSPE) of the EBLUP is obtained by substituting j for in the expression f for the BLUP's MSPE; we call this the EMSPE. In this article, the appropriateness of the EMSPE as an estimator of the EBLUP's MSPE is examined, and alternative estimators of the EBLUP's MSPE for use when the EMSPE is inappropriate are suggested. Several illustrative examples show that the performance of the EMSPE depends on the strength of spatial correlation; the EMSPE is at its best when the spatial correlation is strong.This research was partially supported by a University of Iowa Old Gold Fellowship (Zimmerman) and by the NSF under grant DMS-8703083 (Cressie). |
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Keywords: | Best linear unbiased prediction generalized covariances geostatistics kriging spatial models |
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