Geological stress state calibration and uncertainty analysis

Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series

Volumn 3, Issue PART 1, 2011, Pages 557-570

  McFarland, John ^a   Morris, Alan ^a   Bichon, Barron ^a   Riha, David ^a   Ferrill, David ^a   McGinnis, Ronald ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CALIBRATION; GAS INDUSTRY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; CONTROLLING FACTORS; ESTIMATION PROCESS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; UNCERTAINTY SOURCES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051511238     PISSN: 21915644     EISSN: 21915652     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9834-7_49     Document Type: Conference Paper

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