Bayesian Inference of Groundwater Contamination Source
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
5-16-2010
Abstract
Lots of uncertainty exists in the groundwater modeling, e.g. hydraulic conductivity, measurement variance and the model structure error. Monte Carlo simulation of flow model allows the input uncertainty onto the model predictions of concentration measurements at monitoring sites. Bayesian approach provides the advantage to update estimation. This work proposes a dynamic framework in contamination source identification of groundwater. Markov Chain Monte Carlo(MCMC) is being applied to infer the possible location and magnitude of contamination source. Unlike other inverse-problem approach to provide single but maybe untrue solution, the MCMC algorithm provides distribution over estimated parameters.
Publication Information
Jin, Xin; Wang, Hui; and Ranjithan, Ranji S.. (2010). "Bayesian Inference of Groundwater Contamination Source". World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change, May 16-May 20, 2010, Providence, RI, . https://doi.org/10.1061/41114(371)100