Quantification of uncertainty by combining forecasting with history matching

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 445-462

  Alvarado, Martin G ^a   McVay, Duane A ^a   Lee, W John ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Model calibration; Parameter estimation; Reserves evaluation; Reservoir simulation; Risk assessment; Uncertainty quantification

Indexed keywords

MODEL CALIBRATION; RESERVES EVALUATION; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION;

DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 17444411507     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LFT-200031057     Document Type: Article

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