Ray tracing by simulated annealing: Bending method
We propose a new ray-tracing method based on the concept of simulated annealing. Using this method, we find rays between fixed sources and receivers that render traveltime globally minimal. With our method, we are able to construct rays and their associated traveltimes to satisfactory precision in c...
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Society of Exploration Geophysics
2009
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| author | Bona, Andrej Slawinski, M. Smith, P. |
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| description | We propose a new ray-tracing method based on the concept of simulated annealing. Using this method, we find rays between fixed sources and receivers that render traveltime globally minimal. With our method, we are able to construct rays and their associated traveltimes to satisfactory precision in complex media. Furthermore, our algorithm can be modified to calculate rays of locally minimum traveltime, such as reflected rays, by constraining the ray to pass through a set of points that we are free to specify. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-224932017-09-13T16:00:10Z Ray tracing by simulated annealing: Bending method Bona, Andrej Slawinski, M. Smith, P. We propose a new ray-tracing method based on the concept of simulated annealing. Using this method, we find rays between fixed sources and receivers that render traveltime globally minimal. With our method, we are able to construct rays and their associated traveltimes to satisfactory precision in complex media. Furthermore, our algorithm can be modified to calculate rays of locally minimum traveltime, such as reflected rays, by constraining the ray to pass through a set of points that we are free to specify. 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22493 10.1190/1.3068006 Society of Exploration Geophysics fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Bona, Andrej Slawinski, M. Smith, P. Ray tracing by simulated annealing: Bending method |
| title | Ray tracing by simulated annealing: Bending method |
| title_full | Ray tracing by simulated annealing: Bending method |
| title_fullStr | Ray tracing by simulated annealing: Bending method |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ray tracing by simulated annealing: Bending method |
| title_short | Ray tracing by simulated annealing: Bending method |
| title_sort | ray tracing by simulated annealing: bending method |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22493 |