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Danie G. Krige

Danie G. Krige

South African statistician and mining engineer

Danie Gerhardus Krige GCOB (Afrikaans: [dɑːni ˈkriχə]) (26 August 1919 – 3 March 2013) was a South African statistician and mining engineer who pioneered the field of geostatistics and was professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Republic of South Africa.[1] The technique of kriging is named after him. Krige's empirical work to evaluate mineral resources[2] was formalised in the 1960s by French engineer Georges Matheron.[3]

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  1. [1]
    "Obituary: Danie Krige, South Africa's giant of geostatistics". Northernminer.com. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. [2]
    Krige, Danie G. (1951). "A statistical approach to some basic mine valuation problems on the Witwatersrand". J. of the Chem., Metal. and Mining Soc. of South Africa. 52 (6): 119–139. doi:10.10520/AJA0038223X_4792.
  3. [3]
    Matheron, Georges (1962). Traité de géostatistique appliquée. Editions Technip.


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