Parsimonious Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo inversion in a nonlinear geophysical problem

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 675-688

  Malinverno, Alberto ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inversion; Geophysical inversion; Markov chain Monte Carlo; MCMC; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOPHYSICS; INVERSE PROBLEM; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036899002     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01847.x     Document Type: Article

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