Groundwater parameter estimation by optimization and DRBEM

Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-103

  El Harrouni, K ^a   Ouazara, D ^a   Wrobel, L C ^b   Cheng, A H D ^c  

^a MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

BEM; DRBEM; Groundwater; Optimization; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DUAL RECIPROCITY BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD (DRBEM); HYDROGEOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

EID: 0031102037     PISSN: 09557997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-7997(97)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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