Evaluation of the uncertainty of groundwater model predictions associated with conceptual errors: A per-datum approach to model calibration

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-514

  Gaganis, Petros ^a   Smith, Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conceptual error; Model calibration; Model error; Model selection; Predictive uncertainty

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY;

CONCEPTUAL ERROR; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL ERROR; MODEL SELECTION; PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY;

CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INVERSE PROBLEM; PARAMETERIZATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 31644443491     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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