Neuro-simulation modeling of chemical flooding

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-219

  Karambeigi, M S ^a   Zabihi, R ^b   Hekmat, Z ^b  

^a NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemical flooding; Net present value; Neural network; Neuro simulation; Recovery factor

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BAYESIAN REGULARIZATION; CHEMICAL FLOODING; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; ENHANCE OIL RECOVERIES; GENERALIZATION PROCESS; HIDDEN LAYERS; INITIAL STRUCTURES; MULTI LAYER PERCEPTRON; MULTI OBJECTIVE; NET PRESENT VALUE; NEURO-SIMULATION; OPERATION PROCESS; PREDICTION ERRORS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NEURAL NETWORKS; RECOVERY FACTOR; RECOVERY FACTORS; TRAINING FUNCTION; TRAINING PROCESS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; FORECASTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; RECOVERY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR FLOODING;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 80052307351     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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