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Title: Parameter estimation and predictive uncertainty in stochastic inverse modeling of groundwater flow: Comparing null-space Monte Carlo and multiple starting point methods: NULL-SPACE MONTE CARLO AND MULTIPLE STARTING POINT

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Geoscience Research and Applications Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque New Mexico USA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security (CFSES)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1381230
DOE Contract Number:  
SC0001114
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Water Resources Research
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 49; Journal Issue: 1; Related Information: CFSES partners with University of Texas at Austin (lead); Sandia National Laboratory; Journal ID: ISSN 0043-1397
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
nuclear (including radiation effects), carbon sequestration

Citation Formats

Yoon, Hongkyu, Hart, David B., and McKenna, Sean A. Parameter estimation and predictive uncertainty in stochastic inverse modeling of groundwater flow: Comparing null-space Monte Carlo and multiple starting point methods: NULL-SPACE MONTE CARLO AND MULTIPLE STARTING POINT. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1002/wrcr.20064.
Yoon, Hongkyu, Hart, David B., & McKenna, Sean A. Parameter estimation and predictive uncertainty in stochastic inverse modeling of groundwater flow: Comparing null-space Monte Carlo and multiple starting point methods: NULL-SPACE MONTE CARLO AND MULTIPLE STARTING POINT. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20064
Yoon, Hongkyu, Hart, David B., and McKenna, Sean A. 2013. "Parameter estimation and predictive uncertainty in stochastic inverse modeling of groundwater flow: Comparing null-space Monte Carlo and multiple starting point methods: NULL-SPACE MONTE CARLO AND MULTIPLE STARTING POINT". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20064.
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title = {Parameter estimation and predictive uncertainty in stochastic inverse modeling of groundwater flow: Comparing null-space Monte Carlo and multiple starting point methods: NULL-SPACE MONTE CARLO AND MULTIPLE STARTING POINT},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013}
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