A new approach to uncertainty quantification for decision making

SPE Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 155-165

  Bratvold, R B ^a   Begg, S H ^b   Rasheva, Svitlana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DECISION THEORY; ENTROPY; HYDROCARBON REFINING; HYDROCARBONS; INFORMATION THEORY; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

FIELD DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRINCIPLE; MAXIMUM-ENTROPY APPROACHES; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PARTIAL INFORMATION; SPACE COMMUNICATIONS; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77953991185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/130157-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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