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Using the gradual deformation method for optimization
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, ECMOR VII - 7th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Sep 2000, cp-57-00005
- ISBN: 978-90-73781-13-9
Abstract
In this paper, we focus on iterative optimization processes based upon the gradual deformation method. It is shown that such processen converge exponentiatly to the global minimum, at least for linear problems. Additionally, we evidence that the gradual deformation method does not preserve the spatial variability for great numbers of iterations. However, this bias is negligible for practical reservoir engineering problems.