June 1, 2001
Journal Article

Visual Sampling Plans and Unexploded Ordnance: Environmental Statistics in Action at PNNL

Abstract

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is operated by Battelle Memorial Institute for the U.S. Department of Energy. Since its inception in 1965 there has been a contingent of statisticians involved with environmental applications. In this article two of their current environmental statistics activities will be described. The first involves developing user-friendly software, Visual Sample Plan (VSP), that allows the user to generate statistically sound environmental sampling plans in two-dimensions through a visual interface. The second is an effort underway to develop methodology useful in efforts to delineate the location of unexploded ordnance (UXO).

Revised: November 10, 2005 | Published: June 1, 2001

Citation

Bates D.J. 2001. Visual Sampling Plans and Unexploded Ordnance: Environmental Statistics in Action at PNNL. AMSTAT news. PNNL-SA-34752.