An efficient method for assessing uncertainty in forecast of computationally intensive groundwater models

World Water Congress 2005: Impacts of Global Climate Change - Proceedings of the 2005 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 366-

  Mugunthan, Pradeep ^a   Shoemaker, Christine A ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 37249091645     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40792(173)366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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