Abstract
Inverse problems are challenging in several ways, and we cite the non-linearity and the presence of non-Gaussian noise. Least squared is the standard method to construct a equivalent functional for optimization, which is equivalent to the L2 norm of the misfit. Alternative norms in the optimization process are an useful strategy in the inverse problem solution. Generalized statistics can be present at two sides of the inverse problem: in the noise that pollutes the data and in the norm used in the optimization algorithm. With help of a seismic problem, we polluted the signal with a q-exponential noise (using an exponent \(q_{\text {noise}}\)) and subsequently inverted the problem using a norm associated to a q-exponential (with an exponent \(q_{\text {inv}}\)). The same procedure was also applied to the simpler problem of a linear fitting. We tested the hypothesis of a relation between the exponents \(q_{noise}\) and \(q_{\text {inv}}\). The overall pattern observed is the following: inversion error are smaller for low \(q_{\text {noise}}\) and high \(q_{\text {inv}}\). In contrast, the worst inversion is found for high polluting noise (far from Gaussian noise) and for inversion with low \(q_{\text {inv}}\) (close to the Gaussian case).
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The data that support the findings of this study are available from: http://sepwww.stanford.edu/public/docs/sepdatalib/marmousi/paper-html/node1.html. The Maurmousi dataset employed in the study is a standard seismic dataset and its repository is public. The manuscript has associated data in a data repository [Authors’ comment: The data used in this study can be obtained upon request. Please contact the corresponding author of the study.]
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J.M. de Araújo and G. Corso gratefully acknowledge support from Petrobras through the project “Statistical physics inversion for multi-parameters in reservoir characterisation” at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. J.M. de Araújo thanks Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for his productivity fellowship (Grant no. 313431/2018-3). G. Corso acknowledges CNPq for support through productivity fellowship (grant no. 307907/2019-8).
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The authors R. F. de Souza, J. L. S da Costa, K. T. dos Santos, J. M. de Araujo and G. Corso have received research support from Petrobras Company. In addition, J.M. de Araújo thanks Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for his productivity fellowship (grant no. 313431/2018-3) and G. Corso also acknowledges CNPq for support through productivity fellowship (grant no. 307907/2019-8).
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Silveira, A.A.Q.d., de Souza, R.F., Maciel, J.d.S. et al. Puzzle in inverse problems: Tsallis noise and Tsallis norm. Eur. Phys. J. B 96, 30 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/s10051-023-00496-0
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