The Earth below ground is the subject of interest for many geophysical as well as geological
investigations. Even though most practitioners would agree that all available information …

We survey the research on interactive evolutionary computation (IEC). The IEC is an EC that
optimizes systems based on subjective human evaluation. The definition and features of the …

It is widely accepted that substantial relative motion has occurred between the Indo‐Atlantic
and Pacific hot spots since the Late Cretaceous. At the same time, a fixed Indo‐Atlantic hot …

Reservoir characterization involves describing different reservoir properties quantitatively
using various techniques in spatial variability. Nevertheless, the entire reservoir cannot be …

The inversion of multiple geoscientific datasets to define structures in hard rock terrains has
for the most part been limited to geophysical methods supported by rock property …

96 GEOLOGY, January 2012 between groups of scientists. Group interactions might reduce
individual biases, such as anchoring and over-confidence (such biases have nevertheless …

The classical genetic algorithm is a stochastic process which operates by natural selection.
Although the algorithm may localize a point around the global minimum of the misfit function …

Large-scale Mesoproterozoic crustal shear zones are partially exposed from beneath cover
sequences in the Christie Domain of the northwestern Gawler Craton, southern Australia …

Traditional gradient-based inversion methods usually suffer from the problems of falling into
local minima and relying heavily on initial guesses. Deep-learning methods have received …

Almost all earth sciences inverse problems are nonlinear and involve a large number of
unknown parameters, making the application of analytical inversion methods quite …