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Fibonacci Search for High‐Yield Well Sites
Author(s) -
Helweg Otto J.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1976.tb03636.x
Subject(s) - bedrock , yield (engineering) , drilling , aquifer , fibonacci number , geology , computer science , engineering , mathematics , groundwater , paleontology , geotechnical engineering , materials science , combinatorics , mechanical engineering , metallurgy
In areas where the bedrock is irregular, depressions in the bedrock formation can yield significantly higher amounts of water because the aquifer has a greater saturated thickness. Finding these areas by drilling test holes is a common practice but one that can be conducted more economically if an efficient search procedure is utilized. This paper describes such a technique called the Fibonacci Search and shows that it can save thousands of dollars in the cost of drilling test holes when compared to “brute‐force” methods.