A comparison of numerical solutions of partial differential equations with probabilistic and possibilistic parameters for the quantification of uncertainty in subsurface solute transport

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 45-59

  Zhang, Kejiang ^a   Achari, Gopal ^a   Li, Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fuzzy stochastic partial differential equation; Groundwater flow; Numerical solution; Probability possibility transformation; Solute transport; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FUZZY PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FUZZY-STOCHASTIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; POSSIBILISTIC; POSSIBILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; PROBABILISTIC DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY-POSSIBILITY TRANSFORMATION; RANDOM UNCERTAINTIES; SOLUTION TECHNIQUES; STOCHASTIC METHODS; STOCHASTIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; UNCERTAINTY THEORY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

GROUND WATER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTICITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUZZY LOGIC; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNCERTAINTY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 71749104383     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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