Optimal experimental design for parameter estimation and contaminant plume characterization in groundwater modelling

Applied Optimal Designs

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 219-245

  McPhee, James ^a   Yeh, William W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accurate site characterization; Adequate parameterization; Compliance monitoring; Contaminant plume characterization; Detection monitoring networks; Groundwater modelling; Groundwater pollution; Inverse problem; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880580509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470857005.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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