kmNuggets.init is used to give initial values to fit kriging models, in presence of noisy observations.
kmNuggets.init(model)an object of class km.
a matrix whose rows contain initial vectors of parameters.
a vector containing the function values corresponding to par.
a list containing the covariance objects corresponding to par.
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vectors containing lower and upper bounds for parameters.
The procedure can be summarized in 4 stages:
| 1) | Compute the variogram and give a first estimation of the process variance, as well as lower and upper bounds. |
| 2) | Simulate several values for the process variance, around the estimation obtained at stage 1). The number of simulations is the one given in model@control$pop.size. |
| 3) | If no initial value is provided for the other covariance parameters, simulate them uniformly inside the domain delimited by model@lower and model@upper. The number of simulations is the same as in stage 2). |