Heuristic methodology for horizontal multilayer soil stratification

Soil Stratification methods are used to estimate soil geoelectrical parameters. Several stratification methods are available, but reducing the error estimation introduced by such methods still poses as a challenge. The purpose of this work is to present a heuristic algorithm applied to the optimizat...

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Published in2016 IEEE 16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC) pp. 1 - 5
Main Authors Oliveira, Diogo N., Silva, Carlos L. B., Calixto, Wesley P., Alves, Aylton J., Gomes, Viviane, Domingos, Jose Luis
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2016
Subjects
Conductivity
Error analysis
Genetic algorithms
Heuristic algorithm
Optimization
parameter sensitivity
Resistance
Sensitivity analysis
Soil
soil stratification
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Summary:Soil Stratification methods are used to estimate soil geoelectrical parameters. Several stratification methods are available, but reducing the error estimation introduced by such methods still poses as a challenge. The purpose of this work is to present a heuristic algorithm applied to the optimization of geoelectrical prospection process. The goal is to estimate soil parameters, such as the amount of layers, thickness and resistivity of each layer in an optimal and automated manner. The algorithm consists of analyzing the sensitivity of sampling space parameters. The propose methodology shows error reduction above 75% between the experimental and theoretical curves of the analyzed soils. The results are presented and discussed.
DOI:10.1109/EEEIC.2016.7555652