GSLIB: Geostatistical Software Library and User's Guide PDF

Er ist Professor an der School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering an der University of Alberta, wo er das Center for Computational Geostatistics leitet. Er lehrt und forscht zu besseren Möglichkeiten, Heterogenität und Unsicherheit in Mineralvorkommen und Erdölreservoirs zu modellieren. Seine berufliche Laufbahn umfasst auch drei Jahre bei der Exxon Production Research Company und drei Jahre Erfahrung bei Placer Dome Inc. Dr. Deutsch hat acht Bücher und über dreihundert Forschungsarbeiten veröffentlicht.

GSLIB: Geostatistical Software Library and User's Guide pdf von Clayton Deutsch

This is definitely not a book for the faint-of-mathematical-heart. As the title indicates, this is a user's manual for the GSLIB software (which is included on CD-ROM), and it includes discussions of all the supporting statistical mathematics. This makes the book invaluable to the user who is already well-grounded in statistics, and difficult to follow for the rest. There are very few lifelines to pull non-statisticians out of the jargon mire.

Nevertheless, if you're well-versed (and you probably are if you're considering purchasing this software), this is one heck of a powerful set of tools. The software includes a Kriging smorgasbord, simulation, variography, display tools, and is self-contained with few exceptions. The software is platform-independent, requiring only a Fortran compiler. All routines are written for Fortran77, and are uncompiled. I found the software user manual to be useful, well thought out, and complete.