Using projection onto convex sets to constrain full-wavefield inversion
US9140812B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V2210/67
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
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Abstract
Method for stabilizing the updated model (13) in iterative seismic data inversion so that the model-simulated data for the next iteration does not “blow up.” A Projection Onto Convex Sets (“POCS”) operator is defined that converts the matrix corresponding to the model to a positive semi-definite matrix. The stability projection operator may be looped with physical constraint projection operators until the model converges (15). The resulting stable and constrained model is then used to simulate seismic data in the next cycle of the outer iteration loop (16).
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