A generalized two point ellipsoidal anisotropic ray tracing for converted waves

Optimization and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-396

  Cores, Debora ^a   Loreto, Milagros C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Forward modeling; Ray tracing; Unconstrained optimization

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAY TRACING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ELLIPSOIDAL ANISOTROPIC RAY TRACING; FORWARD MODELING; UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

OPTICAL ANISOTROPY;

EID: 35148824599     PISSN: 13894420     EISSN: 15732924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11081-007-9020-4     Document Type: Article

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