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Topological analysis in Monte Carlo simulation for uncertainty propagation
Evren Pakyuz-Charrier
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009,
Australia
Intrepid Geophysics, 3 Male Street, Brighton, VIC 3186,
Australia
Mark Jessell
Centre for Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009,
Australia
Jérémie Giraud
Centre for Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009,
Australia
Mark Lindsay
Centre for Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009,
Australia
Vitaliy Ogarko
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, The
University of Western Australia, Ken and Julie Michael
Building, 7 Fairway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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This paper improves the Monte Carlo simulation for uncertainty propagation (MCUP) method for 3-D geological modeling. Topological heterogeneity is observed in the model suite. The study demonstrates that such heterogeneity arises from piecewise nonlinearity inherent to 3-D geological models and contraindicates use of global uncertainty estimation methods. Topological-clustering-driven uncertainty estimation is proposed as a demonstrated alternative to address plausible model heterogeneity.
This paper improves the Monte Carlo simulation for uncertainty propagation (MCUP) method for 3-D...
