Confidence region estimation techniques for nonlinear regression in groundwater flow: Three case studies

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Vugrin, K W ^a   Swiler, L P ^a   Roberts, R M ^a   Stucky Mack, N J ^a   Sullivan, S P ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LINEAR APPROXIMATION METHOD; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; REGION ESTIMATION;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LINEARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WELL TESTING;

EID: 34247626806     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004804     Document Type: Article

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