Hanford groundwater modeling: review of sampling design methods
This report is the third in a series of three documents which address the role of uncertainty in the Rockwell Hanford Operations groundwater model development and application program at the US Department of Energy Hanford site. The problem of designing field sampling networks to support Rockwell's groundwater modeling needs is formulated statistically. The general problem formulation allows both cost and accuracy factors to be incorporated into practical designs concerned with the location and the scheduling of field samples. Three methods for solving simplified versions of the general problem are reviewed and it is shown that sequential design procedures which iteratively maximize incremental information gain (or an equivalent performance measure) have a number of desirable characteristics particularly relevant to the Hanford situation. Recommendations for developing available design algorithms further and for exploring promising new methods are provided at the end of the report. 12 refs., 8 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Resource Management Associates, Lafayette, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-77RL01030
- OSTI ID:
- 5089782
- Report Number(s):
- RHO-C-20; ON: DE86001594
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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