Geostatistics: What's Hot, What's Not, and Other Food for Thought

摘要

The field of geostatistics has evolved tremendously since it was invented for use in the mining industry. Today,geostatistics is used in a variety of disciplines including agriculture and natural resources,environmental science,and,most recently,geography and public health. This advancement into new disciplines has facilitated the development of many new geostatistical methods and techniques. In this paper,we review several of the areas that have seen significant advances within the field of geostatistics,and those that deserve more attention by geostatisticians. The list of topics identified here is intended to be provocative,as we believe questioning leads to the scientific and practical advancement of a discipline.