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:
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                                                         Estimation Parameter File  | 
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                                                         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.  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         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  | 
                                                    |
| 
                                                         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  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         N  | 
                                                    
                                                         2  | 
                                                    
                                                         IPD  | 
                                                    
                                                         Power of distance for IPD weighting  | 
                                                |
| 
                                                         ADDCON  | 
                                                    
                                                         N  | 
                                                    
                                                         0  | 
                                                    
                                                         IPD, ST  | 
                                                    
                                                         IPD - constant added to distance ST - additive constant for lognormal  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         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  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         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  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         N  | 
                                                    
                                                         1  | 
                                                    
                                                         Linear Kriging  | 
                                                    
                                                         Treatment of negative kriging variance >sill: 0=keep KV>sill, 1=set KV equal to sill  | 
                                                |
| 
                                                         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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