An effective Bayesian model for lithofacies estimation using geophysical data

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Chen, Jinsong ^a   Rubin, Yoram ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Fuzzy computing; Geophysical data; Lithofacies; Neural networks; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; FUZZY SETS; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

BAYESIAN MODEL; SPATIAL CORRELATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; KRIGING; LITHOFACIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542751677     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001666     Document Type: Article

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