Uncertainty, Sampling Control and Risk Assessment

We have discussed the uncertainty associated with spatial prediction at various stages throughout the text, and in Chapter 5 we covered its derivation in more detail. The first half of this chapter is devoted to a discussion of the implications of uncertainty to spatial prediction, what it means in real terms, and how it can be applied to sampling control and risk assessment. The latter half of the chapter attempts to deal with some of the more intractable sources of uncertainty, including those resulting from site investigation and geological interpretation.