An R package for spatial coverage sampling and random sampling from compact geographical strata by k-means
| Autor: | J.J. de Gruijter, Dennis Walvoort, Dick J. Brus |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
CB - Bodemgeografie
k-means clustering Soil Science Centre Sampling (statistics) Sample (statistics) Vegetation variance constrained optimization Stratified sampling Kriging Statistics SS - Soil Geography Cluster sampling Alterra - Centrum Bodem Wageningen Environmental Research Computers in Earth Sciences Cluster analysis Information Systems |
| Zdroj: | Computers and Geosciences 36 (2010) 10 Computers and Geosciences, 36(10), 1261-1267 |
| ISSN: | 0098-3004 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.04.005 |
| Popis: | Both for mapping and for estimating spatial means of an environmental variable, the accuracy of the result will usually be increased by dispersing the sample locations so that they cover the study area as uniformly as possible. We developed a new R package for designing spatial coverage samples for mapping, and for random sampling from compact geographical strata for estimating spatial means. The mean squared shortest distance (MSSD) was chosen as objective function, which can be minimized by k-means clustering. Two k-means algorithms are described, one for unequal area and one for equal area partitioning. The R package is illustrated with three examples: (1) subsampling of square and circular sampling plots commonly used in surveys of soil, vegetation, forest, etc.; (2) sampling of agricultural fields for soil testing; and (3) infill sampling of climate stations for mainland Australia and Tasmania. The algorithms give satisfactory results within reasonable computing time. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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