The ensemble Kalman filter in reservoir engineering-A Review

SPE Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-412

  Aanonsen, Sigurd I ^a   Nœvdal, Geir ^b   Oliver, Dean S ^c   Reynolds, Albert C ^d   Vallès, Brice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ADJOINT-BASED OPTIMIZATION; CLOSED LOOP OPTIMIZATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; LINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; NOISY MEASUREMENTS; PERMEABILITY FIELDS; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESERVOIR MODELING;

KALMAN FILTERS;

EID: 70350168210     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/117274-PA     Document Type: Review

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