?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F196%2F&rft.title=Seismic+Prediction+of+Reservoir+Parameters&rft.creator=Yin%2C+Yaling&rft.subject=Materials&rft.subject=Information+and+communication+technology&rft.description=In+seismic+analysis%2C+our+goal+is+to+determine+the+properties+of+the+subsurface+of+the+earth+using+seismic+measurements+made+on+the+surface+of+the+earth.+Seismic+measurements+are+made+by+sending+elastic+waves+into+the+earth+(by+setting+off+an+artificial+explosion+at+the+earth%E2%80%99s+surface)+and+recording+the+reflected+elastic+waves+at+the+earth%E2%80%99s+surface+(using+geophones+on+land+and+hydrophones+offshore).+Although+this+technique+has+been+practiced+since+the+beginning+of+the+twentieth+century%2C+the+major+advances+in+seismic+analysis+have+occurred+during+the+last+fifty+years%2C+and+were+spurred+by+the+joint+development+of+digital+recording+and+the+digital+computer.+Most+of+the+techniques+that+have+been+developed+for+the+analysis+of+seismic+data+can+be+classified+as++deterministic.+That+is%2C+we+develop+a+deterministic+physical+model+which+relates+the+material+properties+of+the+subsurface+of+the+earth+to+the+physics+of+the+transmitted+and+reflected+seismic+waves.%0A%0AMore+recently%2C+researchers+have+started+using+a+statistical%2C+rather+than+deterministic%2C+approach+to+the+determination+of+the+earth%E2%80%99s+subsurface+and+its+reservoir+parameters.+That+is+one+of+the+main+approaches+that+we+will+use+here.+Thus%2C+instead+of+assuming+an+underlying+model%2C+we+will+use+multivariate+statistical+techniques+to+determine+the+earth%E2%80%99s+subsurface%2C+using+a+set+of+derived+%E2%80%9Cattributes%E2%80%9D+from+the+seismic+data.&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F196%2F1%2Fhampson.pdf&rft.identifier=++Yin%2C+Yaling++(2005)+Seismic+Prediction+of+Reservoir+Parameters.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++