ABSTRACT
Another main shortcoming of Kriging-based geostatistical modeling is its inability for reproducing complex patterns. The main reason is that such methods consider only two-point statistics, hence limiting the order of the complexity that can be reproduced, if higher-order statistical properties are considered, computed, and analyzed, or data for them are available. Over the last two decades, the need for developing methods that can make simultaneous use of many points has been emphasized. Therefore, many alternative methods have been proposed.
