Identification of hydraulic parameters for unsaturated soils using particle swarm optimization

Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering - Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, E-UNSAT 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 765-771

  Zhang, Y ^a   Augarde, C E ^a   Gallipoli, D ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK ANALYSIS; COMPUTING POWER; ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS; FIELD TEST; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MULTI-STEP; OPTIMAL SETS; OPTIMISATIONS; PARAMETER VALUES; UNSATURATED SOIL;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOILS;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

EID: 61449172410     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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