Development of a Numerical Algorithm for Three Dimensional Automatic Lithology Correlation

我们建议开发一个软件系统，以井水钻井过程中返回的岩屑为基础，建立地下岩土结构（岩性）的三维模型。该系统将用于开发研究区内“关键”岩性单元的实体模型。该系统对人为错误（包括歧义和同义文本标签）导致的输入数据中的噪声具有鲁棒性。这项技术的开发将能够节省数小时的体力劳动，预计在头两年的运营成本为10万美元。除了这个提议之外，未来的工作是可能的，并将专注于应用机器学习技术来提高性能。

We are proposing to develop a software system to build a three-dimensional model of the structure of sub-surface soil and rock (lithology) based on cuttings returned during well-water drilling. The system will be designed to develop solid models of "key" lithologic units within the study area. The system will be robust to noise in the input data resulting from human error, including ambiguous and synonymous textual labels. The technique developed will be able to save hours of manual labor with an estimated cost of $100,000 in the first two years of operation. Future work beyond this proposal is possible and would focus on the application of machine learning techniques to improve performance.