Inexact multiphase modeling system for the management of subsurface contamination under uncertainty

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 86-94

  Maqsood, Imran ^a   Li, Jian Bing ^a   Huang, Guo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Contamination; Monte Carlo method; Petroleum; Simulation; Subsurface environment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROSITY; SOILS;

MULTIPHASE MODELING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PETROLEUM; SIMULATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0037392885     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(2003)7:2(86)     Document Type: Article

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