Lithology determination from well logs with fuzzy associative memory neural network

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 773-780

  Chang, Hsien Cheng ^a   Chen, Hui Chuan ^a   Fang, Jen Ho ^a  

^a The University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ASSOCIATIVE STORAGE; FUZZY SETS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OIL WELL LOGGING; ROCKS;

FUZZY ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY (FAM) NEURAL NETWORKS;

LITHOLOGY;

EID: 0031144016     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.582000     Document Type: Article

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