spcosa-package {spcosa}R Documentation

Spatial Coverage Sampling

Description

Algorithms for spatial coverage sampling and for random sampling from compact geographical strata based on k-means.

Details

The spcosa-package provides algorithms for spatial coverage sampling and for random sampling from compact geographical strata based on k-means (see de Gruijter et al., 2006, and kmeans). S4-classes and methods are available for spatial coverage sampling, random sampling from compact geographical strata, and stratified simple random sampling for composites. In case of spatial coverage sampling, existing sampling points may be taken into account. See the package vignette (‘./spcosa/doc/spcosa.pdf’) and the demos (demo(package = "spcosa")) for more information and examples.

Author(s)

D.J.J. Walvoort, D.J. Brus, J.J. de Gruijter,

Maintainer: Dennis Walvoort dennis.walvoort@wur.nl

References

Brus, D. J., Spatjens, L. E. E. M., and de Gruijter, J. J. (1999). A sampling scheme for estimating the mean extractable phosphorus concentration of fields for environmental regulation. Geoderma 89:129-148

de Gruijter, J. J., Brus, D. J., Bierkens, M. F. P., and Knotters, M. (2006) Sampling for Natural Resource Monitoring Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

See Also

stratify, spsample, estimate


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