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Inverse methods for subsurface flow: A critical review of stochastic techniques

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The development of stochastic methods for groundwater flow representation has undergone enormous expansion in recent years. The calibration of groundwater models, the inverse problem, has lately received comparable attention especially and almost exclusively from the stochastic perspective. In this review we trace the evolution of the methods to date with a specific view toward identifying the most important issues involved in the usefulness of the approaches. The methods are critiqued regarding practical usefulness, and future directions for requisite study are discussed.

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Ginn, T.R., Cushman, J.H. Inverse methods for subsurface flow: A critical review of stochastic techniques. Stochastic Hydrol Hydraul 4, 1–26 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01547729

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