Exponential.R
# fields, Tools for spatial data
# Copyright 2004-2011, Institute for Mathematics Applied Geosciences
# University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
# Licensed under the GPL -- www.gpl.org/licenses/gpl.html
"Exponential" <- function(d, range = 1, alpha = 1/range,
phi = 1) {
#
# Matern covariance function transcribed from Stein's book page 31
# nu==smoothness==.5, alpha == 1/range
#
# GeoR parameters map to kappa==smoothness and phi == range
# check for negative distances
if (any(d < 0))
stop("distance argument must be nonnegative")
#
return(phi * exp(-d * alpha))
}