Block simulation of multiple correlated variables

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-237

  Boucher, Alexandre ^a   Dimitrakopoulos, Roussos ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct block simulation; Joint simulation; Min Max autocorrelation factors; Multivariate

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOCORRELATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; VECTORS;

ALGORITHM; AUTOCORRELATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VECTOR;

EID: 59649089555     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-008-9178-0     Document Type: Article

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