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"inverse problem" refers to a situation where we have the result and want to figure out the cause or input that led to it. It is like working backward to find the missing pieces of a puzzle or discovering the original function from its output.
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- His research focus has been primarily on the modeling and algorithmic aspects of computational imaging and inverse problems with specific applications in biomedical and materials sciences. (anl.gov)
- Integrating Ocean and Acoustic Observations with Models: Results from both the forward and inverse problems in acoustics can be significantly improved by the inclusion of information in ocean models be they physical, oceanographic, geologic or biologic. (tcaoasa.org)
- Two years out of graduate school and keen on becoming a professor, Kaltenbacher was passionate about her work on inverse problems, which she describes as «mathematical modeling in a reverse way,» starting with observation rather than first principles. (sciencemag.org)
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