Closed-loop field development under uncertainty by use of optimization with sample validation

SPE Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 908-922

  Shirangi, Mehrdad G ^a   Durlofsky, Louis J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FIELD DEVELOPMENT PLANS; GENERAL METHODOLOGIES; GEOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY; HYBRID PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; MESH ADAPTIVE DIRECT SEARCH ALGORITHMS; RANDOMIZED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOODS; SYSTEMATIC OPTIMIZATION; VALIDATION CRITERIA;

GEOLOGY;

EID: 84945538584     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/173219-pa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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