Solving iTOUGH2 simulation and optimization problems using the PEST protocol

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 959-968

  Finsterle, Stefan ^a   Zhang, Yingqi ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inverse modeling; ITOUGH2; Optimization; PEST; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty quantification

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION MODELS; CALCULATED VALUES; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; INPUT PARAMETER; INTEGRATED SIMULATIONS; INVERSE MODELING; INVERSION PROBLEMS; ITOUGH2; NONISOTHERMAL; OPTIMIZATION ROUTINE; PEST; SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION PROGRAM; SUBSURFACE FLOW; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953110311     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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