Parametric estimation of the van Genuchten's equation based on hybrid genetic algorithm

Shuikexue Jinzhan/Advances in Water Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 677-682

  Guo, Xiang Hong ^a   Sun, Xi Huan ^a   Ma, Juan Juan ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hybrid genetic algorithm; Levenberg Marquardt algorithm; Soil water retention curve; Van Genuchten's equation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION PRECISION; CONVERGENCE EFFICIENCY; DAMPED-LEAST-SQUARES METHOD; EQUATION BASED; EQUATION PARAMETER; HYBRID GENETIC ALGORITHM; HYBRID GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INITIAL PARAMETER; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHM; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT OPTIMIZATION; NONLINEAR SIMPLEX METHOD; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PARAMETER VALUES; PARAMETER-OPTIMIZED; PARAMETRIC ESTIMATION; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL WATER MOVEMENT; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVE; VAN GENUCHTEN'S EQUATION;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 70350576859     PISSN: 10016791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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