Computational techniques for optimization of problems involving non-linear transient simulations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-334

  Galarza, G A ^a,b   Carrera, J ^a   Medina, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b ESCUELA COLOMBIANA DE INGENIERÍA JULIO GARAVITO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Groundwater flow; Numerical algorithms design; Optimization; Parameter identification; Sensitivity analysis; Space time non linear distributed parameter systems

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEM; NONLINEAR TRANSIENT SIMULATION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0032687260     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19990530)45:3<319::AID-NME589>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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