Uncertainty quantification for inverse problems with a weak wave-equation constraint

TitleUncertainty quantification for inverse problems with a weak wave-equation constraint
Publication TypeConference
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsZhilong Fang, Curt Da Silva, Rachel Kuske, Felix J. Herrmann
Conference NameWAVES 2017 –- 13th International Conference on Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation
Month05
Keywordsconstraint, Gibbs sampling, uncertainty, wave equation
Abstract

In this work, we present a new posterior distribution to quantify uncertainties in solutions of wave-equation based inverse problems. By introducing an auxiliary variable for the wavefields, we weaken the strict wave-equation constraint used by conventional Bayesian approaches. With this weak constraint, the new posterior distribution is a bi-Gaussian distribution with respect to both model parameters and wavefields, which can be directly sampled by the Gibbs sampling method.

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URLhttps://slim.gatech.edu/Publications/Public/Conferences/WAVES/2017/fang2017WAVESuqf/fang2017WAVESuqf.html
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