Title | 4D multiparameter adaptive metropolis hastings inversion |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Kotsi, M, Malcolm, A, Ely, G |
Conference Name | SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2019 |
Publisher | Society of Exploration Geophysicists |
Conference Location | San Antonio, Texas |
Abstract | In geophysical imaging, uncertainty quantification is crucial for decision making. 4D seismic imaging aims to accurately recover changes that take place within a reservoir. These changes are typically characterized by their magnitude and their extent. We perform a Bayesian inversion using a Metropolis Hastings algorithm to sample our posterior distribution of 4D velocity models given observed data. To model the 4D change we use a discrete cosine transformation, and attempt to recover the lowest frequency coefficients, so that we can model realistic changes with only a few degrees of freedom. Unlike most of uncertainty quantification methodologies that use expensive forward solvers, we speed up our computations by using a numerically exact local acoustic solver. |
URL | https://library.seg.org/doi/10.1190/segam2019-3215046.1 |
DOI | 10.1190/segeab.3810.1190/segam2019-3215046.1 |