Geostatistics Valencia 2016

Part I. In Honor of Professor Danie Krige

1. Professor Danie Krige’s First Memorial Lecture: The Basic Tenets of Evaluating the Mineral Resource Assets of Mining Companies, as Observed in Professor Danie Krige’s Pioneering Work Over Half a Century
W. Assibey-Bonsu

Part II. Theory

2. Functional Decomposition Kriging for Embedding Stochastic Anisotropy Simulations
J. A. Vargas-Guzmán, B. Vargas-Murillo

3. Can Measurement Errors Be Characterized from Replicates?
Chantal Fouquet

4. Modelling Asymmetrical Facies Successions Using Pluri-Gaussian Simulations
Thomas Blévec, Olivier Dubrule, Cédric M. John, Gary J. Hampson

5. Considerations for the Use of Sequential Sampling Techniques
J. Leguijt

6. A New High-Order, Nonstationary, and Transformation Invariant Spatial Simulation Approach
Amir Abbas Haji Abolhassani, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, Frank P. Ferrie

7. A Truly Multivariate Normal Score Transform Based on Lagrangian Flow
Ute Mueller, K. Gerald Boogaart, Raimon Tolosana-Delgado

Part III. Mining Engineering

8. Using Samples of Unequal Length for Estimation
Marcel Antonio Arcari Bassani, João Felipe Coimbra Leite Costa

9. New Approach to Recoverable Resource Modelling: The Multivariate Case at Olympic Dam
Colin Badenhorst, Shane O’Connell, Mario Rossi

10. Comparison of Two Multivariate Grade Simulation Approaches on an Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit
Antonio Cortes

11. Complexities in the Geostatistical Estimation of Besshi-Type Mineral Deposits on the Northwest of Pinar del Río, Cuba
Abdiel Díaz-Carmona, José Quintín Cuador-Gil, Fernando Giménez-Palomares, Juan Antonio Monosoriu-Serra

12. Definition of Operational Mining Unit (OMU) Size
Cassio Diedrich, Joao Dirk Reuwsaat, Roberto Menin, Wellington F. Paula

13. Optimizing Infill Drilling Decisions Using Multi-armed Bandits: Application in a Long-Term, Multi-element Stockpile
Rein Dirkx, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

14. Fixing Panel Artifacts in Localized Indicator Kriging (LIK) Block Models
William Hardtke, Celeste Wilson

15. Implications of Algorithm and Parameter Choice: Impacts of Geological Uncertainty Simulation Methods on Project Decision Making
Arja Jewbali, Bruce Perry, Lawrence Allen, Richard Inglis

16. Approaching Simultaneous Local and Global Accuracy
Daniel Jasper Kentwell

17. Geostatistics for Variable Geometry Veins
Alfredo Marín Suárez

18. Drilling Grid Analysis for Defining Open-Pit and Underground Mineral Resource Classification through Production Data
Roberto Menin, Cassio Diedrich, Joao Dirk Reuwsaat, Wellington F. Paula

19. A High-Order, Data-Driven Framework for Joint Simulation of Categorical Variables
Ilnur Minniakhmetov, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

20. Conditional Bias in Kriging: Let’s Keep It
M. Nowak, O. Leuangthong

21. Operational SMU Definition of a Brazilian Copper Operation
Joao Dirk Reuwsaat, Cassio Diedrich, Roberto Menin, Wellington F. Paula

22. From the Spatial Sampling of a Deposit to Mineral Resources Classification
Jacques Rivoirard, Didier Renard, Felipe Celhay, David Benado, Celeste Queiroz, Leandro Jose Oliveira, Diniz Ribeiro

23. Resource Model Dilution and Ore Loss: A Change of Support Approach
Oscar Rondon

24. Drill Holes and Blastholes
Serge Antoine Séguret, Sebastian Fuente

25. Building a Tonnage-Surface Function for Metal Grades and Geological Dilution: An Application to the Massive and Stockwork Zambujal Ore Deposit, Neves–Corvo Mine, Portugal
David Silva, José António Almeida

26. An Application of Direct Sequential Simulation and Co-simulation for Evaluating the Resource and Uncertainty of the Ncondezi Coal Deposit, Mozambique
Sara Ferreira Sokhin, José António Almeida, Sofia Barbosa

27. Castelo de Sonhos: Geostatistical Quantification of the Potential Size of a Paleoproterozoic Conglomerate-Hosted Gold Deposit
R. Mohan Srivastava, Nicholas Appleyard, Elton Pereira

28. A Hybrid Model for Joint Simulation of High-Dimensional Continuous and Categorical Variables
Hassan Talebi, Johnny Lo, Ute Mueller

29. Performance Analysis of Continuous Resource Model Updating in Lignite Production
Cansın Yüksel, Jörg Benndorf

Part IV. Petroleum Geoscience and Engineering

30. Geostatistics on Unstructured Grids, Theoretical Background, and Applications
P. Biver, V. Zaytsev, D. Allard, H. Wackernagel

31. Using Spatial Constraints in Clustering for Electrofacies Calculation
Jean-Marc Chautru, Emilie Chautru, David Garner, R. Mohan Srivastava, Jeffrey Yarus

32. Pore Network Modeling from Multi-scale Imaging Using Multiple-Point Statistics
T. Chugunova, H. Berthet

33. Bernstein Copula-Based Spatial Stochastic Simulation of Petrophysical Properties Using Seismic Attributes as Secondary Variable
Martín A. Díaz-Viera, Arturo Erdely, Tatiana Kerdan, Raúl del-Valle-García, Francisco Mendoza-Torres

34. Robust MPS-Based Modeling via Spectral Analysis
Morteza Elahi Naraghi, Sanjay Srinivasan

35. Efficient Uncertainty Quantification and History Matching of Large-Scale Fields Through Model Reduction
Jianlin Fu, Xian-Huan Wen, Song Du

36. Revealing Multiple Geological Scenarios Through Unsupervised Clustering of Posterior Realizations from Reflection Seismic Inversion
Mats Lundh Gulbrandsen, Knud Skou Cordua, Thomas Mejer Hansen, Klaus Mosegaard

37. Object-Based Modeling with Dense Well Data
Ragnar Hauge, Maria Vigsnes, Bjørn Fjellvoll, Markus Lund Vevle, Arne Skorstad

38. Machine Learning Methods for Sweet Spot Detection: A Case Study
Vera Louise Hauge, Gudmund Horn Hermansen

39. Theoretical Generalization of Markov Chain Random Field in Reservoir Lithofacies Stochastic Simulation
Xiang Huang, Zhizhong Wang, Jianhua Guo

40. Deepwater Reservoir Connectivity Reproduction from MPS and Process-Mimicking Geostatistical Methods
Rhonika Kaplan, Michael J. Pyrcz, Sebastien Strebelle

41. Modeling of Depositional Environments: Shoreline Trajectory – The Link Between Sequence Stratigraphy and Truncated Gaussian Fields
Lars Edward Rygg Kjellesvik, Erling Igor Heintz Siggerud, Arne Skorstad

42. Facies Inversion with Plurigaussian Lithotype Rules
Lewis Li, Siyao Xu, Paul Gelderblom

43. Combined Use of Object-Based Models, Multipoint Statistics and Direct Sequential Simulation for Generation of the Morphology, Porosity and Permeability of Turbidite Channel Systems
Inês Marques, José Almeida, Mariana Quininha, Paulo Legoinha

44. Recent Advancements to Nonparametric Modeling of Interactions Between Reservoir Parameters
Håvard Goodwin Olsen, Gudmund Horn Hermansen

45. Geostatistical Methods for Unconventional Reservoir Uncertainty Assessments
Michael J. Pyrcz, Peter Janele, Doug Weaver, Sebastien Strebelle

46. Productivity Prediction Using Alternating Conditional Expectations
Emmanuel T. Schnetzler

47. The Adaptive Plurigaussian Simulation (APS) Model Versus the Truncated Plurigaussian Simulation (TPS) Model Used in the Presence of Hard Data
Bogdan Sebacher, Remus Hanea, Andreas Stordal

48. An MPS Algorithm Based on Pattern Scale-Down Cluster
Yu Siyu, Li Shaohua, He Youbin, Tao Jinyu, Dai Weiyan

49. Integrating New Data in Reservoir Forecasting Without Building New Models
Sebastien Strebelle, Sarah Vitel, Michael J. Pyrcz

50. Statistical Scale-Up of Dispersive Transport in Heterogeneous Reservoir
Vikrant Vishal, Juliana Y. Leung

51. A Comparative Analysis of Geostatistical Methods for a Field with a Large Number of Wells
Maria Volkova, Mikhail Perepechkin, Evgeniy Kovalevskiy

Part V. Hydro(geo)logy

52. Building Piezometric Maps: Contribution of Geostatistical Tools
B. Bourgine, M. Saltel, N. Pedron, E. Lavie

53. A Gradient-Based Blocking Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method for Stochastic Inverse Modeling
Jianlin Fu, J. Jaime Gómez-Hernández, Song Du

54. Geostatistical Modelling and Simulation Scenarios as Optimizing Tools for Curtain Grouting Design and Construction at a Dam Foundation
V. Gavinhos, J. Carvalho

55. Inverse Modeling Aided by the Classification and Regression Tree (CART) Algorithm
Julio César Gutiérrez-Esparza, J. Jaime Gómez-Hernández

56. Numerical Simulation of Solute Transport in Groundwater Flow System Using Random Walk Method
Nilkanth H. Kulkarni, Rajesh Gupta

57. A Comparison of EnKF and EnPAT Inverse Methods: Non-Gaussianity
Liangping Li, Haiyan Zhou, J. Jaime Gómez-Hernández, Sanjay Srinivasan

58. Calibration of Land Subsidence Model Using the EnKF
Liangping Li, Meijing Zhang, Haiyan Zhou

59. Influence of Heterogeneity on Heat Transport Simulations in Shallow Geothermal Systems
Javier Rodrigo-Ilarri, Max Reisinger, J. Jaime Gómez-Hernández

Part VI. Environmental Engineering and Sciences

60. Building a Geological Reference Platform Using Sequence Stratigraphy Combined with Geostatistical Tools
Bernard Bourgine, Éric Lasseur, Aurélien Leynet, Guillaume Badinier, Carole Ortega, Benoît Issautier, Valentin Bouchet

61. Constrained Spatial Clustering of Climate Variables for Geostatistical Reconstruction of Optimal Time Series and Spatial Fields
Peter Dowd, Hong Wang, Eulogio Pardo-Igúzquiza, Yongguo Yang

62. Constraining Geostatistical Simulations of Delta Hydrofacies by Using Machine Correlation
Peter Dowd, Eulogio Pardo-Igúzquiza, Sara Jorreto, Antonio Pulido-Bosch, Francisco Sánchez-Martos

63. Assessing the Performance of the Gsimcli Homogenisation Method with Precipitation Monthly Data from the COST-HOME Benchmark
S. Ribeiro, J. Caineta, A. C. Costa

64. Ecological Risk Evaluation of Heavy Metal Pollution in Soil in Yanggu
Yingjun Sun

65. Comparison of Trend Detection Approaches in Time Series and Their Application to Identify Temperature Changes in the Valencia Region (Eastern Spain)
Hong Wang, Eulogio Pardo-Igúzquiza, Peter Dowd, Yongguo Yang

Part VII. Big Data

66. Urban Dynamic Estimation Using Mobile Phone Logs and Locally Varying Anisotropy
Oscar F. Peredo, José A. García, Ricardo Stuven, Julián M. Ortiz

Part VIII. Health

67. Using Classical Geostatistics to Quantify the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of a Neurodegenerative Disease from Brain MRI
Robert Marschallinger, Mark Mühlau, Paul Schmidt, Peter Atkinson, Eugen Trinka, Stefan Golaszewski, Johann Sellner

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