Date of Award
12-1995
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Department of Engineering Physics
First Advisor
Richard Hartley, PhD
Abstract
A Non-Parametric estimation technique was used to simulate realizations of a heterogeneous transmissivity field based upon sampled values from three different sampling scenarios. These realizations were compared to output from a parametric estimation technique with respect to truth as defined by an exhaustive data set of 6,000 transmissivity values. Estimated transmissivity fields were then used as input into a flow model from which fields of heads and specific discharges were obtained and compared. Given the financial limitations imposed upon the number and quality of samples reasonably available, Sequential Indicator Simulation, a non-parametric technique, was shown to be of considerable value when accompanied with sound geological input.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-GEE-ENP-95D-03
DTIC Accession Number
ADA306411
Recommended Citation
Kenyon, D. Duane, "Evaluating the Feasibility of Sequential Indicator Simulation in Reproducing Spatial Connectivity in a Heterogeneous Transmissivity Field" (1995). Theses and Dissertations. 6155.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/6155