Characterizing three-dimensional groundwater flow and transport /

Bayesian techniques are introduced as two ways to overcome

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hollenshead, Jeromy Todd, 1970-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1995.
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Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:Bayesian techniques are introduced as two ways to overcome
Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (BFGS) quasi-Newton method
characterization procedure is studied. Regularization and
characterization procedure.
characterizing three-dimensional groundwater flow and
chemical species transport are examined. First, the local
chemical species transport are presented. After reviewing
defining the functions that represent the unknown properties,
for formulating the objective function, and for optimizing
illustrate the implementation of these techniques.. This
method. The effect of identiflability on the solution of the
properties. The minimization is accomplished using a
realistic field scale measurements is presented and solved to
some of the problems associated with the ill-posedness of the
study uses B-splines to represent the unknown soil
The difficulties associated with simulating and
the ill-posedness of various inverse techniques, methods for
the solution are discussed. Finally a numerical study using
volume averaged. equations governing momentum transfer and
with gradient information being provided by the adjoint state
Item Description:"Major subject: Chemical Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:xi, 144 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.