Optimal sampling for the estimation of dispersion parameters in soil columns using an Iterative Genetic Algorithm

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-123

  Catania, Federico ^a   Paladino, Ombretta ^a  

^a Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca di Monitoraggio Ambientale CIMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

D optimality; Genetic algorithm; Groundwater; Optimal experimental design; Parameter estimation; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); COVARIANCE MATRIX; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ESTIMATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ITERATIVE METHODS; KETONES; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; METAL ANALYSIS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SOILS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

BAYESIAN; CONVERGENCE CRITERION; D-OPTIMALITY; DECISION MODELING; DIRECT SEARCH ALGORITHM; DISPERSION PARAMETERS; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FIRST-ORDER APPROXIMATIONS; FIXED NUMBERS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; ILL-POSEDNESS; INITIAL GUESSES; ITERATIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM; ITERATIVE PROCESSING; LABORATORY SCALE; OBSERVATION DATA; OPTIMAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; OPTIMAL PARAMETER ESTIMATION; OPTIMAL SAMPLING; PARAMETER COVARIANCE; PARAMETER VALUES; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; SAMPLE POINTS; SAMPLING NETWORK; SOIL CHARACTERIZATION; SOIL COLUMNS; SOIL-COLUMN EXPERIMENT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL TEST; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMEDIATION; SAMPLING; SOIL COLUMN; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 49449097436     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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