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Louisiana State University: Baton Rouge, LA, US

2015 to present | Professor (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering)
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Frank Tsai

Education and qualifications (3)

University of California Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA, US

1998 to 2002 | Ph.D. (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering)
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Frank Tsai

National Taiwan University: Taipei, TW

1993 to 1995 | M.S. (Department of Civil Engineering)
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Frank Tsai

National Chung Hsing University: Taichung, TW

1989 to 1993 | B.S. (Department of Soil and Water Conservation)
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Frank Tsai

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Integrated Airborne Geophysical Data for Mapping Saltwater in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial Aquifer, Northeast Louisiana

Journal of Hydrology
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131877
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
Contributors: Michael Attia; Frank T.-C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Adaptive machine learning surrogate based multiobjective optimization for scavenging residual saltwater behind subsurface dams

Journal of Hydrology
2024-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131714
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
Contributors: Ning Wang; Jina Yin; Chunhui Lu; Frank T.-C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Horizon-assisted lithologic modeling: understanding Mississippi Embayment and Coastal Lowlands aquifer systems in Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi, USA

Hydrogeology Journal
2024-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-024-02804-z
Part of ISSN: 1431-2174
Part of ISSN: 1435-0157
Contributors: Shuo Yang; Frank Tsai; Lance D. Yarbrough
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Frank Tsai

Successive bootstrapping deep learning approach and airborne EM-borehole data fusion to understand salt water in the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer

Science of The Total Environment
2024-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172950
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
Contributors: Michael Attia; Frank T.-C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Borehole‐Based Interval Kriging for 3D Lithofacies Modeling

Water Resources Research
2024-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1029/2023wr035020
Part of ISSN: 0043-1397
Part of ISSN: 1944-7973
Contributors: Yuqi Song; Frank Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Complex unstructured-grid groundwater modeling using centroidal Voronoi tessellation refinement and curve fitting

Journal of Hydrology
2024-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131394
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
Contributors: Aya B.A. Mohamed; Shuo Yang; Ye-Hong Chen; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Alyssa Dausman
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Frank Tsai

Comparative analyses of covariance matrix adaptation and iterative ensemble smoother on high-dimensional inverse problems in high-resolution groundwater modeling

Journal of Hydrology
2023-10 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130075
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
Contributors: Shuo Yang; Frank Tsai; Peter Bacopoulos; Chris Kees
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Frank Tsai

A robust experimental design for conceptual model discrimination based on information theory

Advances in Water Resources
2023-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2023.104485
Part of ISSN: 0309-1708
Contributors: Hai V. Pham; Frank T.-C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Lowland river sinuosity on Earth and Mars set by the pace of meandering and avulsion

Nature Geoscience
2023-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/s41561-023-01231-1
Part of ISSN: 1752-0894
Part of ISSN: 1752-0908
Contributors: Chenliang Wu; Wonsuck Kim; Ryan Herring; Benjamin T. Cardenas; Tian Dong; Hongbo Ma; Andrew Moodie; Jeffrey Nittrouer; Frank Tsai; An Li
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Frank Tsai

Fast desalinization of residual saltwater using subsurface dams combined with saltwater discharge or freshwater recharge

Journal of Hydrology
2023-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129282
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
Contributors: Jina Yin; Ning Wang; chunhui lu; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Huawei Chen
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Frank Tsai

Unstructured-grid approach to develop high-fidelity groundwater model to understand groundwater flow and storage responses to excessive groundwater withdrawals in the Southern Hills aquifer system in southeastern Louisiana (USA)

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
2023-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101342
Part of ISSN: 2214-5818
Contributors: Ye-Hong Chen; Hamid Vahdat-Aboueshagh; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Alyssa Dausman; Michael C. Runge
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Frank Tsai

Analysis of landslide occurrence time via rainfall intensity and soil water index ternary diagram

Landslides
2022-12 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-022-01944-1
Part of ISSN: 1612-510X
Part of ISSN: 1612-5118
Contributors: Yi-Jun Liu; Yen-Yu Chiu; Frank Tsai; Su-Chin Chen
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Frank Tsai

Bi-objective Extraction-injection Optimization Modeling for Saltwater Intrusion Control Considering Surrogate Model Uncertainty

Water Resources Management
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-022-03340-9
Part of ISSN: 0920-4741
Part of ISSN: 1573-1650
Contributors: Jina Yin; Frank T.-C. Tsai; chunhui lu
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Frank Tsai

Multi-objective optimization of aquifer storage and recovery operations under uncertainty via machine learning surrogates

Journal of Hydrology
2022-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128299
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
Contributors: Hamid Vahdat-Aboueshagh; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Emad Habib; T. Prabhakar Clement
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Frank Tsai

The use of hybrid machine learning models for improving the GALDIT model for coastal aquifer vulnerability mapping

Environmental Earth Sciences
2022-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-022-10534-2
Part of ISSN: 1866-6280
Part of ISSN: 1866-6299
Contributors: Mojgan Bordbar; Khabat Khosravi; Dorina Murgulet; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Ali Golkarian
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Frank Tsai

Advances in analytical solutions for time-dependent solute transport model

Journal of Earth System Science
2022-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-022-01858-5
Part of ISSN: 2347-4327
Part of ISSN: 0973-774X
Contributors: Rohit Kumar; Ayan Chatterjee; Mritunjay Kumar Singh; Frank T-C Tsai
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Frank Tsai

A Novel Radial Basis Function Approach for Infiltration-Induced Landslides in Unsaturated Soils

Water
2022-03 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/w14071036
Contributors: Cheng Yu Ku; Liu Chih-Yu; Frank Tsai
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Artificial bifurcation effect on downstream channel dynamics of a large lowland river, the Atchafalaya

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
2022-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/esp.5270
Part of ISSN: 0197-9337
Part of ISSN: 1096-9837
Contributors: Ming Tang; Y. Jun Xu; Bo Wang; Wei Xu; Heqin Cheng; Frank T.‐C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Accounting for uncertainty in complex alluvial aquifer modeling by Bayesian multi-model approach

Journal of Hydrology
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126682
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
Contributors: Jina Yin; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Shih-Chieh Kao
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Frank Tsai

Four-decades of bed elevation changes in the heavily regulated upper Atchafalaya River, Louisiana, USA

Geomorphology
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107748
Part of ISSN: 0169-555X
Contributors: Y. Jun Xu; Bo Wang; Wei Xu; Ming Tang; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Laurence C. Smith
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Frank Tsai

Relief Well Evaluation: Three-Dimensional Modeling and Blanket Theory

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
2021-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0002547
Part of ISSN: 1090-0241
Part of ISSN: 1943-5606
Contributors: Ye-Hong Chen; Frank Tsai; Jack Cadigan; Navid H. Jafari; Tzenge-Huey Shih
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Frank Tsai

Multiobjective Optimization of Relief Well Operations to Improve Levee Safety

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
2021-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0002532
Part of ISSN: 1090-0241
Part of ISSN: 1943-5606
Contributors: Ye-Hong Chen; Frank Tsai; Navid H. Jafari
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Frank Tsai

Assessment of Aquifer Storage and Recovery Feasibility Using Numerical Modeling and Geospatial Analysis: Application in Louisiana

JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.12923
Part of ISSN: 1093-474X
Part of ISSN: 1752-1688
Contributors: Olivia LaHaye; Emad H. Habib; Hamid Vahdat‐Aboueshagh; Frank T.‐C. Tsai; David Borrok
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Frank Tsai

Irrigation-Intensive Groundwater Modeling of Complex Aquifer Systems Through Integration of Big Geological Data

Frontiers in Water
2021-04-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/frwa.2021.623476
Part of ISSN: 2624-9375
Contributors: Hamid Vahdat-Aboueshagh; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Dependra Bhatta; Krishna P. Paudel
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Frank Tsai

Constructing large-scale complex aquifer systems with big well log data: Louisiana model

Computers & Geosciences
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2021.104687
Part of ISSN: 0098-3004
Contributors: Hamid Vahdat-Aboueshagh; Frank T.-C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Understanding impacts of groundwater dynamics on flooding and levees in Greater New Orleans

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2020.100740
Part of ISSN: 2214-5818
Contributors: Shuo Yang; Frank T.-C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

A three-dimensional stratigraphic model of the Mississippi River Delta, USA: implications for river deltaic hydrogeology

Hydrogeology Journal
2020-11 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-020-02198-8
Part of ISSN: 1431-2174
Part of ISSN: 1435-0157
Contributors: An Li; Frank Tsai; Brendan T. Yuill; Chenliang Wu
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Frank Tsai

Multiobjective Spatial Pumping Optimization for Groundwater Management in a Multiaquifer System

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
2020-04 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)wr.1943-5452.0001180
Part of ISSN: 0733-9496
Part of ISSN: 1943-5452
Contributors: Jina Yin; Hai V. Pham; Frank Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Understanding dynamics of groundwater flows in the Mississippi River Delta

Journal of Hydrology
2020-04 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124616
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
Contributors: An Li; Frank Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Modelling and comparing 3-D soil stratigraphy using subsurface borings and cone penetrometer tests in coastal Louisiana, USA

Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards
2020-04-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17499518.2019.1637528
Part of ISSN: 1749-9518
Part of ISSN: 1749-9526
Contributors: An Li; Navid H. Jafari; Frank T.-C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Bayesian set pair analysis and machine learning based ensemble surrogates for optimal multi-aquifer system remediation design

Journal of Hydrology
2020-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124280
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
Contributors: Jina Yin; Frank T.-C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Optimization of an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for groundwater potential mapping

Hydrogeology Journal
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-019-02017-9
Part of ISSN: 1431-2174
Part of ISSN: 1435-0157
Contributors: Seyed Vahid Razavi Termeh; Khabat Khosravi; Majid Sartaj; Saskia Deborah Keesstra; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Roel Dijksma; Binh Thai Pham
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Frank Tsai

Steady-State Approximate Freshwater–Saltwater Interface in a Two-Horizontal-Well Scavenging System

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
2019-10 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)he.1943-5584.0001836
Part of ISSN: 1084-0699
Part of ISSN: 1943-5584
Contributors: Jina Yin; Frank Tsai
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Frank Tsai

MRT-Lattice Boltzmann Model for Multilayer Shallow Water Flow

Water
2019-08-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/w11081623
Part of ISSN: 2073-4441
Contributors: Kevin R. Tubbs; Frank Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Modeling sediment texture of river-deltaic wetlands in the Lower Barataria Bay and Lower Breton Sound, Louisiana, USA

Geo-Marine Letters
2019-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-019-00566-2
Part of ISSN: 0276-0460
Part of ISSN: 1432-1157
Contributors: An Li; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Kehui Xu; Jiaze Wang; Crawford M. White; Samuel J. Bentley; Qin J. Chen
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Frank Tsai

Bayesian Hierarchical Model Uncertainty Quantification for Future Hydroclimate Projections in Southern Hills-Gulf Region, USA

Water
2019-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/w11020268
Contributors: Ehsan Beigi; Frank Tsai; Vijay P. Singh; Shih-Chieh Kao
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A comparison study of DRASTIC methods with various objective methods for groundwater vulnerability assessment

Science of The Total Environment
2018-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.130
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
Contributors: Khabat Khosravi; Majid Sartaj; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Vijay P. Singh; Nerantzis Kazakis; Assefa M. Melesse; Indra Prakash; Dieu Tien Bui; Binh Thai Pham
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Frank Tsai

Saltwater scavenging optimization under surrogate uncertainty for a multi-aquifer system

Journal of Hydrology
2018-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.08.021
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
Contributors: Jina Yin; Frank T.-C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Prediction of effluent quality parameters of a wastewater treatment plant using a supervised committee fuzzy logic model

Journal of Cleaner Production
2018-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.139
Part of ISSN: 0959-6526
Contributors: Ata Allah Nadiri; Sima Shokri; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Asghar Asghari Moghaddam
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Frank Tsai

Modeling complex aquifer systems: a case study in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA)

Hydrogeology Journal
2017-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-016-1532-6
Part of ISSN: 1431-2174
Part of ISSN: 1435-0157
Contributors: Hai V. Pham; Frank T.-C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Ensemble Averaging Methods for Quantifying Uncertainty Sources in Modeling Climate Change Impact on Runoff Projection

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
2017-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)he.1943-5584.0001487
Part of ISSN: 1084-0699
Part of ISSN: 1943-5584
Contributors: Amir Mani; Frank T.-C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Analysis and Assessment of Hydrochemical Characteristics of Maragheh-Bonab Plain Aquifer, Northwest of Iran

Water Resources Management
2017-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-016-1390-y
Part of ISSN: 0920-4741
Part of ISSN: 1573-1650
Contributors: Elham Fijani; Asghar Asghari Moghaddam; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Gokmen Tayfur
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Frank Tsai

Mixed Integer Linear Fractional Programming for Conjunctive Use of Surface Water and Groundwater

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
2016-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)wr.1943-5452.0000676
Part of ISSN: 0733-9496
Part of ISSN: 1943-5452
Contributors: Amir Mani; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Krishna P. Paudel
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Frank Tsai

Conjunctive management of surface and groundwater resources under projected future climate change scenarios

Journal of Hydrology
2016-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.06.021
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
Contributors: Amir Mani; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Shih-Chieh Kao; Bibi S. Naz; Moetasim Ashfaq; Deeksha Rastogi
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Optimal observation network design for conceptual model discrimination and uncertainty reduction

Water Resources Research
2016-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/2015wr017474
Part of ISSN: 0043-1397
Part of ISSN: 1944-7973
Contributors: Hai V. Pham; Frank T.‐C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Bayesian Chance‐Constrained Hydraulic Barrier Design under Geological Structure Uncertainty

Groundwater
2015-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gwat.12304
Part of ISSN: 0017-467X
Part of ISSN: 1745-6584
Contributors: Nima Chitsazan; Hai V. Pham; Frank T.‐C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Bayesian experimental design for identification of model propositions and conceptual model uncertainty reduction

Advances in Water Resources
2015-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.05.024
Part of ISSN: 0309-1708
Contributors: Hai V. Pham; Frank T.-C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Prediction and structural uncertainty analyses of artificial neural networks using hierarchical Bayesian model averaging

Journal of Hydrology
2015-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.06.007
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
Contributors: Nima Chitsazan; Ata Allah Nadiri; Frank T.-C. Tsai
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Frank Tsai

Dispersive thermohaline convection near salt domes: a case at Napoleonville Dome, southeast Louisiana, USA

Hydrogeology Journal
2015-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-015-1251-4
Part of ISSN: 1431-2174
Part of ISSN: 1435-0157
Contributors: Zahra Jamshidzadeh; Frank T. -C. Tsai; Hasan Ghasemzadeh; Seyed Ahmad Mirbagheri; Majid Tavangari Barzi; Jeffrey S. Hanor
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Frank Tsai

Parallel Inverse Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification for Computationally Demanding Groundwater-Flow Models Using Covariance Matrix Adaptation

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
2015-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)he.1943-5584.0001126
Part of ISSN: 1084-0699
Part of ISSN: 1943-5584
Contributors: Ahmed S. Elshall; Hai V. Pham; Frank T.-C. Tsai; Le Yan; Ming Ye
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