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Title (Primary) anchoredDistr: a Package for the Bayesian inversion of geostatistical parameters with multi-type and multi-scale data
Author Savoy, H.; Heße, F.; Rubin, Y.
Source Titel R Journal
Year 2017
Department CHS
Volume 9
Issue 2
Page From 6
Page To 17
Language englisch
Keywords CRAN packages: gstat, spBayes, spTimer, anchoredDistr, devtools, RSQLite, np, plyr, dplyr, ggplot2
UFZ wide themes RU5;
Abstract The Method of Anchored Distributions (MAD) is a method for Bayesian inversion designed for inferring both local (e.g. point values) and global properties (e.g. mean and variogram parameters) of spatially heterogenous fields using multi-type and multi-scale data. Software implementations of MAD exist in C++ and C# to import data, execute an ensemble of forward model simulations, and perform basic post-processing of calculating likelihood and posterior distributions for a given application. This article describes the R package anchoredDistr that has been built to provide an R based environment for this method. In particular, anchoredDistr provides a range of post-processing capabilities for MAD software by taking advantage of the statistical capabilities and wide use of the R language. Two examples from stochastic hydrogeology are provided to highlight the features of the package for MAD applications in inferring anchored distributions of local parameters (e.g. point values of transmissivity) as well as global parameters (e.g. the mean of the spatial random function for hydraulic conductivity).
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Savoy, H., Heße, F., Rubin, Y. (2017):
anchoredDistr: a Package for the Bayesian inversion of geostatistical parameters with multi-type and multi-scale data
R Journal 9 (2), 6 - 17