From Bayes to Tarantola: New insights to understand uncertainty in inverse problems

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-72

  Fernandez Martinez J L ^a   Fernandez Muniz Z ^a   Pallero, J L G ^b   Pedruelo Gonzalez L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision making; Inverse problems; Linear and nonlinear inversion; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CURSE OF DIMENSIONALITY; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; LINEAR ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE; LOCAL OPTIMIZATION METHODS; NON LINEAR INVERSION; NON-LINEAR INVERSE PROBLEM; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILISTIC FRAMEWORK;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEURISTICS; INVERSE PROBLEM; LINEARITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883522765     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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