Compare predict and experimental values
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Toni Vi??dez wrote:
Hi everybody: I just generate different maps of interpolation with different methods but with the same package -(gstat, i used the krige command). And now for evaluate the best method i want to compare the predict values versus experimental, but i don't know how do it. Could anybody tell me how should do it?.
?krige.cv or ?gstat.cv provide kriging cross validation, including IDW. The leave-one-out cross validation RMSE agree with those in Geostatistical Analyst in ArcGIS. That is one possibility that you may choose if it fits your needs, but "best method" is only valid up to the data you have and the relative placing of the point locations. Surprisingly often, external drift does matter, and once other variables are taken into account, the residual spatial autocorrelation does not contribute so much.
Thanks in advance.
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