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Table 6 Models fitted for factors obtained from principal component analysis and selecting the best interpolation method

From: Risk assessment of heavy metal soil pollution through principal components analysis and false color composition in Hamadan Province, Iran

Factors

Interpolation method

Model

Nugget

Partial sill

Sill

Mean range

Mean

Root mean square

Factor 1

Ordinary kriging

Exponential

0

1.009

1.009

21035.1

0.027

0.853

Factor 2

Radial basis functions

-

-

-

-

-

0.015

1.003

Factor 3

Radial basis functions

-

-

-

-

-

0.001

0.874

Factor 4

Radial basis functions

-

-

-

-

-

0.002

0.785