Parameter Identification and Inverse Problems in Hydrology, Geology and Ecology

Abstract

Preface. Tutorial on Inverse Problems. 1. An Introduction to Inverse Problems in Partial Differential Equations for Engineers, Physicists and Mathematicians P. DuChateau. Hydrology. 2. Interpretation of Field Tests in Low Permeability Fractured Media. Recent Experiences J. Carrera, et al. 3. New Front Limitation Algorithm F. Hafner, et al. 4. Identification and Reduction of Model Structure for Modeling Distributed Parameter Systems N.-Z. Sun. 5. Results from a Comparison of Geostatistical Inverse Techniques for Groundwater Flow D.A. Zimmerman, et al. Nonlinear Diffusion and Soil Physics. 6. Identification of the Hydraulic Diffusivity of a Soil by Inverse Method with Dual-Energy Gamma Ray Attenuation Measurements F. Barataud, et al. 7. Identification of Parameters for Heat Conductivity Equations N.D. Botkin. 8. Sensitivity Analysis in Parameter Identification, Test Planning and Test Evaluation Procedures for Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media O. Kemmesies, L. Luckner. 9. An Inverse Problem for Porous Medium Equation R. Nabokov. 10. Evaluation of Different Boundary Conditions for Independent Determination of Hydraulic Parameters Using Outflow Methods T. Zurmuhl. Geophysical Methods. 11. Gravity Data Inversion Using Subspace Method M. Mirzaei, et al. 12. Method to Determine Parameters of a Linear Functional Equations Set and its Application to a Lightning Location Problem H.J.S. Dorren, R.K. Snieder. 14. Identifiability of Distributed Physical Parameters S. Handrock-Meyer. 15. InverseScattering Problem for the Wave Equations and its Applications L.P. Nizhnik. 16. A Descriptive Regularization Approach for a Class of Ill-Posed Nonlinear Integral Equations T. Schroeter, B. Hofmann. 17. Parameter Estimation in Nonlinear Models by Using Total Least Squares W.J.H. Stortelder. 18. Tikhonov Regularization for Identification Problems in Differential Equations U. Tautenhahn. Parallel Algorithms for Inverse Problems. 19. Parameter Estimation in Multispecies Transport Reaction Systems Using Parallel Algorithms M.W. Ziesze, et al. 20. On Design and Implementation of Parallel Algorithms for Solving Inverse Problems W. Zimmermann, et al.