Applicability of the most frequent value method in groundwater modeling

Szűcs, Péter and Civan, Faruk and Virág, Margit (2006) Applicability of the most frequent value method in groundwater modeling. Hydrogeology Journal, 14 (1-2). pp. 31-43. ISSN 1431-2174 (print), 1435-0157 (online)

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Abstract

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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