A truncated Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm for the calibration of highly parameterized nonlinear models

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 731-738

  Finsterle, Stefan ^a   Kowalsky, Michael B ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inverse modeling; ITOUGH2; Levenberg Marquardt algorithm; Multiphase flow; Parameterization

Indexed keywords

FORWARD SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GEOSTATISTICAL; HETEROGENEOUS SOILS; HIGH IMPACT; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; INVERSE MODELING; ITERATIVE CALIBRATION; ITOUGH2; JOINT INVERSION; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHM; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT MINIMIZATION; LOW SENSITIVITY; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NULL SPACE; PARAMETERIZED; PARTIALLY SATURATED; PETROPHYSICAL; POROUS MEDIA; ROBUST SOLUTIONS; SENSITIVITY MATRIX; SINGULAR VALUES; SOLUTION SPACE; STATE VARIABLES; STRONGLY NONLINEAR; SYNTHETIC DATASETS; TRUNCATED SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PARAMETERIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 79953121386     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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