Q3:(10 Marks)
Consider the following estimate problem of 3 measurements Z₁ = 2, Z₂ = -2, Z₃ = 1. Write down the equations of a
Simple Kriging system for an estimation Z₀. For the variogram, range (a) is 8 and the covariance function is assumed below.
(1)
COV(h) = exp(-√((h_x)^2 + (h_y)^2)/(2a^2))
The Simple Kriging Estimation is Z₀ = ∑_(i=1)^n λ_i Z_i + (1 - ∑_(i=1)^n λ_i)μ. Assume μ represents the mean of the known data.
Z₁
Z₃
4 m
8 m
Z₀
8 m
Z₂
Figure 1: A sketch showing 3 measurements Z(u) for points u = 1,2, and 3.
Where h_x and h_y represent the horizontal and vertical distances between the three 3 measurements Z(u) for points u =
1,2, and 3.