A multistage MCMC method with nonparametric error model for efficient uncertainty quantification in history matching

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 2532-2550

  Ma, Xianlin ^a   Datta Gupta, Akhil ^a   Efendiev, Yalchin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ERRORS; MARKOV PROCESSES; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; FINE-SCALE SIMULATION; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONPARAMETRIC APPROACHES; OPTIMAL TRANSFORMATION; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; PRIOR PARAMETER DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 58849144371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/115911-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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