A committee machine with intelligent systems for estimation of total organic carbon content from petrophysical data: An example from Kangan and Dalan reservoirs in South Pars Gas Field, Iran

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-474

  Kadkhodaie Ilkhchi, Ali ^a   Rahimpour Bonab, Hossain ^a   Rezaee, Mohammadreza ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Committee machine; Fuzzy logic; Genetic algorithm; Neural network; Neuro fuzzy; Petrophysical data; South Pars Gas Field; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FIRE HAZARDS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HYDROCARBONS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WELL TESTING;

COMMITTEE MACHINE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; NEURAL NETWORK; NEURO-FUZZY; PETROPHYSICAL DATA; SOUTH PARS GAS FIELD; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; POROSITY; RESERVOIR ROCK; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 60249096354     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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