Henley S. Nonparametric Geostatistics

Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, 1981. — 155 p. — ISBN13: 978-94-009-8119-5.This book represents the current state of development of the nonparametric geostatistical approach and is designed for use in industry (particularly in the mining industry) by engineers who find difficulties in using so-called standard methods; in university research schools, where it is hoped that the methods might be chiselled to a sharp point from the present blunt instrument that they provide; and by individual scientists who, it is hoped, will be enticed away from a long standing addiction to parametric statistics.
Although the book is about statistics it is written by a non-statistician for non-statisticians; it therefore does not include rigorous mathematical proofs, but relies a good deal on intuitive reasoning. Integral calculus and matrix algebra have been kept to a minimum, and the mathematical notation has been made as simple as possible. Examples in the text are drawn mainly from geology and mining, because this is where my experience lies, but the principles are applicable to a wide variety of fields, including geophysics, meteorology, ecology, geography and oceanography: indeed, wherever parametric geostatistics has been or can be applied, so can nonparametric geostatistics.Standard Symbols used in the TextGeostatistics
The Nonparametric Approach
Nonparametric Geostatistical Estimation
Mining Applications
Further DevelopmentsReferences and Bibliography