PMID- 19735309
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20091116
LR  - 20090908
IS  - 1745-6584 (Electronic)
IS  - 0017-467X (Linking)
VI  - 47
IP  - 5
DP  - 2009 Sep-Oct
TI  - Using orthogonal array sampling to cope with uncertainty in ground water 
      problems.
PG  - 709-13
LID - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2009.00576.x [doi]
AB  - Uncertainty in ground water hydrology originates from different sources. 
      Neglecting uncertainty in ground water problems can lead to incorrect results and 
      misleading output. Several approaches have been developed to cope with 
      uncertainty in ground water problems. The most widely used methods in uncertainty 
      analysis are Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) and Latin hypercube sampling (LHS), 
      developed from MCS. Despite the simplicity of MCS, many runs are required to 
      achieve a reliable result. This paper presents orthogonal array (OA) sampling as 
      a means to cope with uncertainty in ground water problems. The method was applied 
      to an analytical stream depletion problem. To examine the convergence rate of the 
      OA sampling, the results were compared to MCS and LHS. This study shows that OA 
      can be applied to ground water problems. Results reveal that the convergence rate 
      of the OA sampling is faster than MCS and LHS, with a smaller error of estimate 
      when applied to a stream depletion problem.
FAU - Baalousha, Husam
AU  - Baalousha H
AD  - Hawke's Bay Regional Council, Napier, New Zealand. Baalousha@web.de
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Ground Water
JT  - Ground water
JID - 9882886
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - *Models, Theoretical
MH  - Monte Carlo Method
MH  - *Water Movements
EDAT- 2009/09/09 06:00
MHDA- 2009/11/17 06:00
CRDT- 2009/09/09 06:00
PHST- 2009/09/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/09/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/11/17 06:00 [medline]
AID - GWAT576 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2009.00576.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ground Water. 2009 Sep-Oct;47(5):709-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2009.00576.x.