Maximum likelihood Bayesian averaging of spatial variability models in unsaturated fractured tuff

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Ye, Ming ^a   Neuman, Shlomo P ^b   Meyer, Philip D ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual model uncertainty; Cross validation; Drift; Predictive performance; Predictive uncertainty; Stochastic continuum

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; HYDROLOGY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PROBABILITY; WATER RESOURCES;

BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING (BMA); MODEL PARAMETERS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

AIR PERMEABILITY; BOREHOLE LOGGING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TUFF; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 2942700220     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002557     Document Type: Article

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