Quantitative estimates of the uncertainty in the evaluation of ground water remediation schemes

Ground Water

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-37

  Copty, Nadim K ^a   Findikakis, Angelos N ^a  

^a BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT SIMULATION MODELS;

BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; REMEDIATION; THEOREM PROVING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

GROUNDWATER; REMEDIATION; UNCERTAINTY ROLE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033986272     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2000.tb00199.x     Document Type: Article

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