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Applicability of the most frequent value method in groundwater modeling

Authors: Peter Szucs, Faruk Civan, Margit Virag

Published in: Hydrogeology Journal | Issue 1-2/2006

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The Most Frequent Value Method (MFV) is applied to groundwater modeling as a robust and effective geostatistical method. The Most Frequent Value method is theoretically derived from the minimization of the information loss called the I-divergence. The MFV algorithm is then coupled with global optimization (Very Fast Simulated Annealing) to provide a powerful method for solving the inverse problems in groundwater modeling. The advantages and applicability of this new approach are illustrated by means of theoretical investigations and case studies. It is demonstrated that the MFV method has certain advantages over the conventional statistical methods derived from the maximum likelihood principle.

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Title: Applicability of the most frequent value method in groundwater modeling
Authors: Peter Szucs
Faruk Civan
Margit Virag
Publication date: 01-01-2006
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Hydrogeology Journal / Issue 1-2/2006
Print ISSN: 1431-2174
Electronic ISSN: 1435-0157
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-004-0426-1

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