Simpson's paradox in natural resource evaluation

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-213

  Ma, Y Zee ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical variable change of support problem; Ecological inference problem; Geostatistics; Petroleum resource; Reference class problem; Reservoir modeling; Sampling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; NATURAL RESOURCE; SAMPLING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 59649115371     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-008-9187-z     Document Type: Article

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