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Abstract #301380

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Activity Number: 130
Type: Luncheons
Date/Time: Monday, August 9, 2004 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistics and the Environment
Abstract - #301380
Title: Practical Aspects of Designing an Environmental Monitoring System
Author(s): Richard L. Smith*+
Companies: University of North Carolina
Address: Dept. of Statistics and OR, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3260,
Keywords: spatial statistics ; network design ; environmental monitoring
Abstract:

There is by now much theoretical research on different aspects of experimental design as they apply to the design of spatial networks that are used in applications such as monitoring environmental pollutants. But what are the practical aspects of such designs? Are the theoretical approaches to network design useful in designing real networks? How do statistical criteria such as minimizing prediction error variances fit in with the regulatory and political aspects of designing a network? How much do regulatory organizations such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency use statistical criteria in designing their networks? And how could the expertise of statisticians best be applied to help the USEPA and other similar organizations to design better networks?

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