Subsurface characterization using a D-optimality based pilot point method

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 775-793

  Jung, Yong ^a   Ranjithan, Ranji S ^b   Mahinthakumar, G ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Groundwater inverse modeling; Hydraulic conductivity; Pilot point method

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055006365     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2010.111     Document Type: Article

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