MAPPING OCEAN SEDIMENTS BY RBF NETWORKS

Citation
A. Caiti et T. Parisini, MAPPING OCEAN SEDIMENTS BY RBF NETWORKS, IEEE journal of oceanic engineering, 19(4), 1994, pp. 577-582
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy,"Engineering, Civil","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Engineering, Marine
ISSN journal
03649059
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
577 - 582
Database
ISI
SICI code
0364-9059(1994)19:4<577:MOSBRN>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Estimation of ocean-sediment properties by sparse noisy measurements u sing generalized Radial Basis Function networks is proposed. Given a s et of scattered data points, an RBF network is able to generate a cont inuous smooth approximation for sediment properties as a function of t he x-y-z position, where z is the sediment depth. Advantages and disad vantages of the method are discussed, from both a physical and a compu tational viewpoint. An example using sediment density data obtained by sparse core measurements and different configurations of RBF networks is presented.