New least-squares algorithm for model parameters estimation using self-potential anomalies

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1569-1576

  Abdelrahman, El Sayed M ^a   Essa, Khalid S ^a   Abo Ezz, Eid R ^a   Sultan, Mohamed ^b   Sauck, William A ^b   Gharieb, Abdelmohsen G ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Least squares algorithm; Model parameters determination; Self potential anomaly

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; KETONES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RANDOM ERRORS;

DEPTH DETERMINATION; LEAST SQUARES (LS); LEAST SQUARES (LS) ALGORITHM; MODEL PARAMETERS; POLARIZATION ANGLES; RAPID METHODS; SELF-POTENTIAL; SELF-POTENTIAL (SP) ANOMALIES; SHAPE FACTORS; SYNTHETIC DATA;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; BURIED STRUCTURE; DEPTH DETERMINATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SELF POTENTIAL;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 48749094967     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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