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Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems (International Geophysics)

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This is one of my favorite books, it is a great reference for anyone working on signal processing algorithms for image reconstruction, & data estimation. It is well written, and very easy to understand, it has succint expressions with good intuitive explanations. It provides good examples that make it even easier to see the use and advantages of different techniques. I do recommend the book for anyone with enough math background only, it is not entry level.

It is really a good book on inverse problems. And it is cool that they give you a disk with matlab functions, and the date for the examples. But I think that book is focus on the wrong things: some of the chapters could be removed, and some new chapters could be added.

I've given this book a 5 star but it's a 4.5 really as explained below.

On the positive side he provides a good combination of theoretical development to ground the applications examples and further provides Matlab code to work examples. I learned allot from this book on the mathematical tools needed to solve parameter estimation and inverse problems. This book reminds me allot of Strang's book on Linear Algebra and it's Application, in that if you work carefully through it the learning curve is steep and provides a deep understanding of how things work. However, he doesn't hand things to you and it requires one to piece together some of the development.

On the negative side, I found some errors in some of the code and sometimes the symbolism and sparse development used creates confusion to the reader. There is a 2nd edition coming out in late 2011 and hopefully the authors will make improvements in these areas. Overall, this is a very unique book and do not know of another with the combination of topics and software tools that is comparable.

This book is a good introduction to the subject. It is easy to read and understand (although there are a small number of minor errors) and the concepts are well explained. However, I felt the examples could have been covered in a better, more concrete way.

I recommend to all who are studying inverse problems. The book provides excellent explanations of regularization, revision of algebra, and more. I recommend!