simpeg.regularization.SparseSmoothness.f_m#

SparseSmoothness.f_m(m)[source]#

Evaluate the regularization kernel function.

For first-order smoothness regularization in the x-direction, the regularization kernel function is given by:

fm(m)=Gx[mm(ref)]

where Gx is the partial cell gradient operator along the x-direction (i.e. x-derivative), m are the discrete model parameters defined on the mesh and m(ref) is the reference model (optional). Similarly for smoothness along y and z.

Parameters:
mnumpy.ndarray

The model.

Returns:
numpy.ndarray

The regularization kernel function.

Notes

The objective function for first-order smoothness regularization along the x-direction is given by:

ϕm(m)=WGx[mm(ref)]2

where m are the discrete model parameters (model), m(ref) is the reference model, Gx is the partial cell gradient operator along the x-direction (i.e. x-derivative), and W is the weighting matrix. Similar for smoothness along y and z. See the SmoothnessFirstOrder class documentation for more detail.

We define the regularization kernel function fm as:

fm(m)=Gx[mm(ref)]

such that

ϕm(m)=Wfm2