Abstract: The oceanographic experiment design problem is one of many problems in oceanography requiring nonlinear, constrained, global optimization. Having already revisited a steady-state (time-independent) experiment in acoustic ...

Abstract: The oceanographic experiment design problem is discussed in the context of several simple examples drawn from acoustic tomography. The optimization of an objective function?chosen to characterize the array design? is carried ...

Abstract: An experiment design problem?-that of drifter cast strategy?-is discussed. Different optimization techniques used as part of preparations for the Semaphore-93 air-sea experiment, during which drifters were deployed, are ...