Expert systems for automated correlation and interpretation of wireline logs

Mathematical Geology
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CORRELATOR is an interactive computer program for lithostratigraphic correlation of wireline logs able to store correlations in a data base with a consistency, accuracy, speed, and resolution that are difficult to obtain manually. The automatic determination of correlations is based on the maximization of a weighted correlation coefficient using two wireline logs per well. CORRELATOR has an expert system to scan and flag incongruous correlations in the data base. The user has the option to accept or disregard the advice offered by the system. The expert system represents knowledge through production rules. The inference system is goal-driven and uses backward chaining to scan through the rules. Work in progress is used to illustrate the potential that a second expert system with a similar architecture for interpreting dip diagrams could have to identify episodes-as those of interest in sequence stratigraphy and fault detection- and annotate them in the stratigraphic column. Several examples illustrate the presentation. ?? 1994 International Association for Mathematical Geology.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Expert systems for automated correlation and interpretation of wireline logs
Series title Mathematical Geology
DOI 10.1007/BF02083420
Volume 26
Issue 8
Year Published 1994
Language English
Publisher location Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Larger Work Type Article
Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title Mathematical Geology
First page 879
Last page 897
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