Optimal search strategy for the definition of a DNAPL source

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 376, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 542-556

  Dokou, Zoi ^a   Pinder, George F ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

DNAPL; Groundwater transport modeling; Monte Carlo simulation; Source identification

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION FIELDS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; DNAPL; GROUNDWATER SUPPLY; GROUNDWATER TRANSPORT MODELING; MATHEMATICAL TOOLS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OPTIMAL SEARCH STRATEGY; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SEARCH ALGORITHMS; SEARCH STRATEGIES; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SOURCE LOCATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LOCATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSE WATER; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KALMAN FILTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; STOCHASTICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 70249087727     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.062     Document Type: Article

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