Estimation Parameter File

This topic is part of the Grade Estimation range of topics.

The following table summarizes the fields in the Estimation Parameter file. Only fields VALUE_IN and SREFNUM are compulsory; if other fields are not included in the file then their default values are used.

The field names for the Zone fields are enclosed in { ... }. This signifies that this is not the actual name of the field in the file; the actual name you should use is the name of the Zone field that is included in your Input Sample and Input Prototype Model files e.g. ROCK or FLTZONE.

The default value of the VALUE_OU field is the name you have specified as the VALUE_IN value.

The Estimation Parameter File contains the following fields:

Estimation Parameter File

Field Name

Type

Default

Methods

Description

VALUE_IN

A-8

 

All

Name of field to be estimated

VALUE_OU

A-8

{VALUE_IN}

All

Name of field to be created

SREFNUM

N

 

All

Search volume reference number

{ZONE1_F}

A or N

 

All

1st field controlling estimation by zone

{ZONE2_F}

A or N

 

All

2nd field controlling estimation by zone

NUMSAM_F

A-8

 

All except NN

Field to contain number of samples used.

SVOL_F

A-8

 

 

All

Field to contain dynamic search volume.

VAR_F

A-8

 

 

All except NN

Field to contain variance.

MINDIS_F

A-8

 

 

All

Field to contain transformed distance to nearest sample.

IMETHOD

N

1

All

Estimation method:

1=NN, 2=IPD, 3=OK, 4=SK, 5=ST, 101 = F-value, 102 = Lagrange Multiplier

ANISO

N

1

NN,IPD

Anisotropy method:

1=search vol, 2=use ANANGLE, etc

ANANGLE1

N

0

NN,IPD

Anisotropy angle 1

ANANGLE2

N

0

NN,IPD

Anisotropy angle 2

ANANGLE3

N

0

NN,IPD

Anisotropy angle 3

ANDIST1

N

1

NN,IPD

Anisotropy distance 1

ANDIST2

N

1

NN,IPD

Anisotropy distance 2

ANDIST3

N

1

NN,IPD

Anisotropy distance 3

POWER

N

2

IPD

Power of distance for IPD weighting

ADDCON

N

0

IPD, ST

IPD - constant added to distance

ST - additive constant for lognormal

VREFNUM

N

1

OK, SK

Variogram model reference number

LOG

N

0

OK, SK

Lognormal kriging flag: 0=linear, 1=log

GENCASE

N

0

LOG=1

Variogram kriging flag: 0=Rendu, 1=General Case

DEPMEAN

N

0

LOG=1

Mean for lognormal variance calculation

TOL

N

0.01

GENCASE=1

Convergence tolerance for log kriging

MAXITER

N

3

GENCASE=1

Maximum iterations for log kriging

KRIGNEGW

N

0

OK, SK

Treatment of negative kriging weights: 0=keep & use, 1=ignore -ve wg samples

KRIGVARS

N

1

Linear Kriging

Treatment of negative kriging variance >sill: 0=keep KV>sill, 1=set KV equal to sill

LOCALMNP

N

2

SK

Method for calculation of local mean: 1=field from &PROTO, 2 = calculate mean

LOCALM_F

A-8

 

SK

Name of local mean in &PROTO

VANGL1_F

A-8

(NO DEFAULT)

OK, SK

Name of field in &PROTO representing 1st dynamic anisotropy variogram angle

VANGL2_F

A-8

(NO DEFAULT)

OK, SK

Name of field in &PROTO representing 2nd dynamic anisotropy variogram angle

VANGL3_F

A-8

(NO DEFAULT)

OK, SK

Name of field in &PROTO representing 3rd dynamic anisotropy variogram angle

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