Modelling subsurface heterogeneity by coupled Markov chains: Directional dependency, Walther's law and entropy

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 721-756

  Elfeki, A M M ^a   Dekking, F M ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conditional simulations; Entropy; Markov chains; Stochastic modelling; Subsurface heterogeneity; Walthers' law

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CONDITIONAL SIMULATIONS; STOCHASTIC MODELLING; SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MARKOV CHAIN;

EID: 26444497462     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-004-2899-z     Document Type: Article

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