Characterization of the measurement error in time-lapse seismic data and production data with an EM algorithm

Oil and Gas Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 2 SPECIAL ISSUE, 2007, Pages 181-193

  Zhao, Yong ^a   Li, Gaoming ^a   Reynolds, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; SEISMOLOGY;

EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHM; TIME-LAPSE SEISMIC DATA;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYNOMIALS; SEISMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEISMIC DATA; SMOOTHING;

EID: 34249087365     PISSN: 12944475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2516/ogst:2007016     Document Type: Article

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