Johnston K. et al. Using ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst

ESRI, 2001. — 306 p.Geostatistical Analyst is revolutionary because it bridges the gap between geostatistics and GIS. For some time, geostatistical tools have been
available, but never integrated tightly within GIS modeling environments. Integration is important because, for the first time, GIS professionals can begin to quantify the quality of their surface models by measuring the statistical error of predicted surfaces.
Surface fitting using Geostatistical Analyst involves three key steps (demonstrated on the following pages):
Exploratory spatial data analysis
Structural analysis (calculation and modeling of the surface properties of nearby locations)
Surface prediction and assessment of results
The software contains a series of easy-to-use tools and wizards that guide you through each of these steps. It also includes a number of unique tools for statistical spatial data analysis.