Simulated annealing ray tracing in complex 3-D media

Simulated annealing has been applied to seismic ray tracing to determine the minimum traveltime ray path connecting two points in complex 3-D media. In contrast to conventional ray tracing schemes such as shooting and bending, simulated annealing ray tracing (SART) overcomes some well-known difficul...

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Autores principales: Velis, Danilo Rubén, Ulrych, Tadeusz J.
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Publicado: 2001
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/2060
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topic Ciencias Astronómicas
block model; heterogeneous media; numerical techniques; ray tracing; simulated annealing
astrofísica
simulación y modelos
spellingShingle Ciencias Astronómicas
block model; heterogeneous media; numerical techniques; ray tracing; simulated annealing
astrofísica
simulación y modelos
Velis, Danilo Rubén
Ulrych, Tadeusz J.
Simulated annealing ray tracing in complex 3-D media
topic_facet Ciencias Astronómicas
block model; heterogeneous media; numerical techniques; ray tracing; simulated annealing
astrofísica
simulación y modelos
description Simulated annealing has been applied to seismic ray tracing to determine the minimum traveltime ray path connecting two points in complex 3-D media. In contrast to conventional ray tracing schemes such as shooting and bending, simulated annealing ray tracing (SART) overcomes some well-known difficulties regarding multipathing and take-off angle selection. These include local convergence (that is, failing to obtain the ray path with absolute minimum traveltime) and divergence of the take-off angle selection strategy. Under these circumstances, shooting and bending methods may not provide reliable results in highly variable 3-D media. A flexible model representation is used to accommodate a large class of velocity models.
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author Velis, Danilo Rubén
Ulrych, Tadeusz J.
author_facet Velis, Danilo Rubén
Ulrych, Tadeusz J.
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title Simulated annealing ray tracing in complex 3-D media
title_short Simulated annealing ray tracing in complex 3-D media
title_full Simulated annealing ray tracing in complex 3-D media
title_fullStr Simulated annealing ray tracing in complex 3-D media
title_full_unstemmed Simulated annealing ray tracing in complex 3-D media
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