An assessment of three variance estimators for the k-nearest neighbour technique

A jackknife (JK), a bootstrap (BOOT), and an empirical difference estimator (EDE) of totals and variance were assessed in simulated sampling from three artificial but realistic complex multivariate populations (Nâ=â8000 elements) organized in clusters of four elements. Intra-cluster corre...

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Main Author: Magnussen, Steen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 2013-01-01
Series:Silva Fennica
Online Access:https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/925