Selecting velocity models using Bayesian Information Criterion

Abstract: We present a strategy for selecting the values of elasticity parameters by comparing walk-away vertical seismic profiling data with a multilayered model in the context of Bayesian Information Criterion. We consider $P$-wave traveltimes and assume elliptical velocity dependence. The Bayesian Information Criterion approach requires two steps of optimization. In the first step, we find the signal trajectory and, in the second step, we find media parameters by minimizing the misfit between the model and data.