Patent Document ID: 20110308811
Application ID: 13148643
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for correlating data predicted by a process- or physics-based geologic model to describe a subsurface region with known data describing the subsurface region, the method comprising: Obtaining data describing an initial state of the subsurface region; predicting data describing a subsequent state of the subsurface region; comparing the predicted data with the obtained data taking into account whether the obtained data or the predicted data represent a discontinuous event; determining a sensitivity of the predicted data if the predicted data is not within an acceptable range of the obtained data; adjusting the data describing the initial state of the subsurface region based on the sensitivity before performing a subsequent iteration of predicting data describing the subsequent state of the subsurface region; and outputting a representation of the subsurface region based on the data describing the subsequent state of the subsurface region.