A term introduced by Matheron (1962) for the study of ‘regionalized variables’; that is, variables supposed to follow some spatial stochastic process (ISI).
The generalized random-tessellation stratified design is an algorithm that creates a spatially balanced selection of sites across 1-dimensional systems (e.g., linear resources such as stream networks), 2-dimensional systems (e.g., areal resources such as forests), or 3-dimensional systems (3-D resources such as oceans or lakes) (after Stevens and Olsen, 2004).
Geostatistics
