Patent ID: 8798967
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G01V,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for computation utilizing an earth model representation, the method being executed via a computing system having a first processor having access to an earth model dataset, the first processor being operatively in communication with a first level memory and a second level memory, the second level memory being slower but with a higher memory capacity than the first level memory, the method comprising: compressing the earth model dataset via the first processor to generate a compressed earth model representation, the compressed earth model representation comprising a plurality of data indices and a look-up table comprising quantized data values, by quantizing the earth model dataset to generate at least one of the quantized data values; storing the look-up table in the first level memory; storing the indices in the second level memory; and accessing the look-up table from the first level memory and the indices from the second level memory to selectively decompress the compressed earth model representation at the first processor to enable the computation by the first processor.