System, method and program product for automatically matching new members of a population with analogous members
US9417256B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V2210/665
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A population comparison system, method and a computer program product therefor. A stored list of population members, e.g., hydrocarbon reservoirs, characteristics and analogous members is partitioned into lists for each member. A weighting system automatically uses the partitions to determine a weight set (w*) for population member characteristic and a similarity function. The weighting system may include an objective model that iteratively, blindly identifies analogous members for each population member until the identified analogous members match the listed analogous members. An analogous member selector uses the weights set (w*) and similarity function to automatically select analogous listed members for each new population member.
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