Ant colony optimization for history matching and uncertainty quantification of reservoir models

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-92

  Hajizadeh, Yasin ^a   Christie, Mike ^a   Demyanov, Vasily ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization; Bayesian inference; History matching; Reservoir simulation; Uncertainty quantification

Indexed keywords

ANT-COLONY OPTIMIZATION; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; HISTORY MATCHING; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; INFERENCE ENGINES; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 79952583815     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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