Inversion of heterogeneous parabolic-type equations using the pilot points method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 51, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 963-980

  Alcolea, Andrés ^a   Carrera, Jesús ^a   Medina, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Numerical modelling; Parameter estimation; Parobolic equation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BASIS FUNCTIONS; KRIGING WEIGHTS; PILOT POINTS METHOD;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 33746117916     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1213     Document Type: Article

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