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Inference from Inadequate and Inaccurate Data, II.

G Backus1

  • 1UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (LA JOLLA).

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|February 1, 1970
PubMed
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This study presents a new technique for estimating physical object properties using limited data. It simplifies complex problems involving discontinuous functions, making them easier to solve for applications like geophysical inverse problems.

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Inference from Inadequate and Inaccurate Data, III.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·1970

Area of Science:

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Computational Physics
  • Geophysics

Background:

  • Estimating properties of complex physical objects from limited measurements is a significant challenge.
  • Previous methods required observed and sought-for properties to be Fréchet differentiable functionals on a Hilbert space.
  • Many real-world problems involve discontinuous functionals or arbitrary linear spaces, limiting prior approaches.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a technique for estimating unknown properties of physical objects when direct modeling is intractable.
  • To extend previous work by handling discontinuous functionals and arbitrary real linear spaces.
  • To provide a unified approach applicable to various inverse problems and numerical analysis tasks.

Main Methods:

  • The study introduces a method to reduce problems with discontinuous functionals to a tractable case involving differentiable functionals.
  • This involves transforming the problem space to accommodate arbitrary real linear spaces.
  • The technique builds upon the framework of Hilbert spaces and Fréchet differentiable functionals.

Main Results:

  • A novel technique is presented for estimating P properties from D measurements when the object requires more than D parameters for full specification.
  • The method effectively handles cases where functionals are discontinuous and defined on restricted domains.
  • The approach is shown to be applicable to a range of geophysical inverse problems and numerical analysis tasks.

Conclusions:

  • The developed technique offers a powerful way to address complex inverse problems previously considered intractable.
  • It broadens the applicability of functional analysis methods to a wider array of scientific and engineering challenges.
  • This work facilitates more accurate property estimation in fields like geophysics and numerical analysis.

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