CondSimu {RandomFields}R Documentation

Conditional Simulation

Description

the function returns conditional simulations of a random field

Usage

CondSimu(krige.method, x, y=NULL, z=NULL, grid,  model, param,
         method=NULL, n=1, register=0, gridtriple=FALSE, 
         err.model=NULL, err.param=NULL, err.method=NULL,
         err.register=1, given, data, tol=1e-05, pch=".")

Arguments

krige.method Assumptions on the random field which corresponds to the respective kriging method; currently only "S" (simple kriging) and "O" (ordinary kriging) possible.
x matrix or vector of x coordinates; points to be kriged.
y vector of y coordinates.
z vector of z coordinates.
grid logical; determines whether the vectors x, y, and z should be interpreted as a grid definition, see Details.
model string; covariance model of the random field. See CovarianceFct, or type PrintModelList() to get all options for model.
param parameter vector: param=c(mean, variance, nugget, scale,...); the parameters must be given in this order; further parameters are to be added in case of a parametrised class of covariance functions, see CovarianceFct; the value of mean must be finite in the case of simple kriging, and is ignored otherwise.
method NULL or string; method used for simulating, see RFMethods, or type PrintMethodList() to get all options.
n number of realisations to generate.
register 0:9; place where intermediate calculations are stored; the numbers are aliases for 10 internal registers; see GaussRF for further details.
gridtriple logical. Only relevant if grid==TRUE. If gridtriple==TRUE then x, y, and z are of the form c(start,end,step); if gridtriple==FALSE then x, y, and z must be vectors of ascending values.
err.model string; covariance model that describes the measurement error. See CovarianceFct, or type PrintModelList() to get all options for err.model. If NULL no measurement error is assumed. Currently, the only option for err.model is "nugget".
err.param parameter vector: err.param=c(mean, variance, nugget, scale,...); the parameters must be given in this order; further parameters are to be added in case of a parametrised class of covariance functions, see CovarianceFct; the value of mean must be finite in the case of simple kriging, and is ignored otherwise. Since currently the only option for err.model is "nugget", err.param can only be of the form c(mean,0,nugget,0).
err.method Currently, only "nugget" or NULL is sensible; see method for further information.
err.register see register for details.
given matrix or vector of locations where data are available; note that it is not possible to give the points in form of a grid definition.
data the values measured.
tol considered only if grid=TRUE; tolerated distances of a given point to the nearest grid point to be regarded as being zero; see Details.
pch character. The included kriging procedure can be quite time consuming. The character pch is printed after roughly each 80th part of calculation.

Details

The same way as GaussRF the function CondSimu allows for simulating on grids or arbitrary locations. However simulation on a grid is sometimes performed as if the points were at arbitrary locations, what may imply a great reduction in speed. This happens when the given locations do not ly on the specified grid, since in an intermediate step simulation has to be performed simultaneously on both the grid defined by x, y, z, and the locations of given.

Comments on specific parameters

Author(s)

Martin Schlather, Martin.Schlather@uni-bayreuth.de http://www.geo.uni-bayreuth.de/~martin

References

Chiles, J.-P. and Delfiner, P. (1999) Geostatistics. Modeling Spatial Uncertainty. New York: Wiley.

Cressie, N.A.C. (1993) Statistics for Spatial Data. New York: Wiley.

Goovaerts, P. (1997) Geostatistics for Natural Resources Evaluation. New York: Oxford University Press.

Wackernagel, H. (1998) Multivariate Geostatistics. Berlin: Springer, 2nd edition.

See Also

CovarianceFct, GaussRF, Kriging RandomFields,

Examples

## creating random variables first
## here, a grid is chosen, but any arbitrary points for which
## data are given are fine.  Indeed if the data are given on a
## grid, the grid has to be expanded before calling `CondSimu',
## see below.
## However, locations where values are to be simulated,
## should be given in form of a grid definition whenever
## possible 
param <- c(0, 1, 0, 1)
model <- "exponential"
RFparameters(PracticalRange=FALSE)
p <- 1:7
data <- GaussRF(x=p, y=p, grid=TRUE, model=model, param=param)

# another grid, where values are to be simulated
step <- 0.25 # or 0.3
x <-  seq(0, 7, step)

# standardisation of the output
lim <- range( c(x, p) )
zlim <- c(-2.6, 2.6)
colour <- rainbow(100)

## visualise generated spatial data
image(p, p, data, xlim=lim, ylim=lim, zlim=zlim, col=colour)

#conditional simulation
krige.method <- "O" ## random field assumption corresponding to
                   ## those of ordinary kriging
cz <- CondSimu(krige.method, x, x,  grid=TRUE,
               model=model, param=param,
               given=expand.grid(p,p),# if data are given on a grid
                                      # then expand the grid first
               data=data)

image(x, x, cz, col=colour, xlim=lim, ylim=lim, zlim=zlim)

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