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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4523-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4523-2020
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17 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 17 Sep 2020

Histogram via entropy reduction (HER): an information-theoretic alternative for geostatistics

Stephanie Thiesen, Diego M. Vieira, Mirko Mälicke, Ralf Loritz, J. Florian Wellmann, and Uwe Ehret

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A spatial interpolator has been proposed for exploring the information content of the data in the light of geostatistics and information theory. It showed comparable results to traditional interpolators, with the advantage of presenting generalization properties. We discussed three different ways of combining distributions and their implications for the probabilistic results. By its construction, the method provides a suitable and flexible framework for uncertainty analysis and decision-making.