Spatiotemporal modeling of under-five mortality and associated risk factors in Ethiopia using 2000–2016 EDHS data

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Table 2 Characteristics of the semivariogram model

Model	parameter	2000	2005	2011	2016
Exponential	Nugget	0.002274	0.0077	0.0011	0.006
	Sill	0.02453	0. 02245	0. 01434	0.04348
	MSE	0.04765	0.03468	0.0474	0.03549
	RMSSE	0.8597	0.94226	0.9406	0.9949
Spherical	Nugget	0.00228	0.00798	0.0011	0.006
	Sill	0.02844	0. 02000	0.01245	0.01647
	MSE	0.04567	0.03478	0.0469	0.03467
	RMSSE	0.8567	0.95227	0.9482	0.9782
Circular	Nugget	0.00229	0.008	0.0011	0.006
	Sill	0.01268	0.02000	0.01275	0.01458
	MSE	0.04673	0.0348	0.0469	0.03438
	RMSSE	0.85576	0.9549	0.9468	0.97405
Gaussian	Nugget	0.002387	0.0078	0.0012	0.006
	Sill	0.02763	0. 02123	0.01134	0.02845
	MSE	0.04558	0.03454	0.0472	0.03529
	RMSSE	0.8457	0.94819	0.9556	0.97405

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