Estimation of groundwater flow parameters using least squares

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 117-127

  Bailey, K R ^a   Fitzpatrick, B G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater flow; Parameter estimation; Regularized least squares

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

LEAST SQUARE ESTIMATION; STEADY STATE FLOW EQUATION;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 0031540058     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(97)00224-0     Document Type: Article

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