On the capability of support vector machines to classify lithology from well logs

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-139

  Al Anazi, A ^a   Gates, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Core data; Discriminant analysis; Facies classification; Log data; Probabilistic neural networks; Support vector machines

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952425587     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-010-9118-9     Document Type: Article

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