Fig. 6 Response surface in the {alpha}-Ks plane obtained by the three-set combination approach. Other parameters include: {theta}sk = 0.4, {theta}rk = 0.05, {alpha}k = 12 m-1, Ksk = 2.8 x 10-5 m s-1, and q = 1 x 10-6 m2 s-1. Subscript k stands for the true value of the corresponding parameter