Prerequisites: graduate standing; or consent of instructor

Description: Presents methods of parameter estimation applied to geophysical systems, with emphasis on underdetermined systems in earth sciences. Covers applications of network theory to inverse problems, Backus- Gilbert inversion, applications of geological information as constraints, regularization of inverse problems, least squares inversion, maximum likelihood inversion, tomography, and applications of inversion theory to potential fields, seismology, and electromagnetic problems. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 12 units.