Nonlinear parameter estimation in parallel computing environments /

called US3D, which solves the three-dimensional groudwater

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Li, Jie
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:called US3D, which solves the three-dimensional groudwater
code with focus on how to solve these issues with respect to
developed by Dr. A. T. Watson. PEST is based on the trust
estimation problem as the example to test and demonstrate the
flow and contaminant transport equations, is employed for the
forward problem.
implementation of the parallel version of PEST in an Intel
Paragon supercomputer. We use a two-dimensional permeability
PEST. We then propose a hierarchical parallel control
PESTI a parameter estimation code which was originally
programming model. We also discuss in detail the
region implementation of Levenberg-Marquardt nonlinear least
simulator programs which solve the forward problem. We first
square algorithm including linear inequality constraints to
structure for PEST based on the manager-worker parallel
study the design issues of parallelizing an existing serial
the estimated parameters. It can be used with different
This thesis examines issues related to the paralielization of
usage of the parallel PEST. An existing simulator program
Item Description:"Major subject: Chemical Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:x, 79 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 58-59.