Solving the geophysical inversion problem using genetic algorithms

Abstract

Tomographic methods are often used to solve the geophysical inversion problem. This is the problem of determining the characteristics of an underground region by using measurement data. With a tomographic method, the pictures of the physical properties in the region between pairs of boreholes can be reconstructed. In this paper, we apply genetic algorithms to cross-hole seismic line-integral data. These data can be generated by the transmission problem through the cross-hole region using seismic energy. Some test-examples for measuring the performance of the applied genetic algorithms are presented. The obtained results are promising.