Simulated-annealing-based conditional simulation for the local-scale characterization of heterogeneous aquifers

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-70

  Dafflon, B ^a   Irving, J ^a   Holliger, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conditional simulation; Data integration; Georadar; Porosity; Simulated annealing; Stochastic methods

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING PROCEDURES; BOISE HYDROGEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH SITES; CONDITIONAL SIMULATION; CONVENTIONAL APPROACHES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; COVARIANCE MODELS; CROSSHOLE GEORADAR; DATA INTEGRATION; GEOPHYSICAL DATUM; GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATIONS; GEORADAR; GEOSTATISTICAL INFORMATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS; HYDROLOGICAL DATUM; IMPROVED CONVERGENCES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; POROSITY STRUCTURES; SCALE CHARACTERIZATIONS; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS; SIMULATION GRIDS; SOFT DATUM; STOCHASTIC METHODS; STOCHASTIC REALIZATIONS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATIONS; SUBSURFACE DATUM; SUBSURFACE FEATURES; SYNTHETIC DATA SETS; TARGET PARAMETERS; TOMOGRAPHIC;

ALGORITHMS; ANNEALING; AQUIFERS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; GEOPHYSICS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INTEGRATION; POROSITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

ALGORITHM; AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA SET; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROSITY; PROBABILITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 67349170779     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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