Inversion algorithm for nonlinear retrieval problems extending Bayesian optimal estimation

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-56

  Rieder, Markus J ^a,b   Kirchengast, Gottfried ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Inst Geophys Astrophysik Meteorol   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUNCTIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEARIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIMULATED ANNEALING; VECTORS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GEOPHYSICS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

BAYESIAN OPTIMAL ESTIMATION; INVERSION ALGORITHM; NONLINEAR RETRIEVAL PROBLEMS; SCALAR PENALTY FUNCTION; WATER VAPOR PROFILING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; GEOPHYSICAL INVERSION; INVERSION ALGORITHM; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMAL ESTIMATIONS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PRIORI INFORMATION; STATISTICAL RETRIEVAL;

EID: 0033900143     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998RS002145     Document Type: Article

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