Summary of Intelligent Prospector V2.0: Exploration Drill Planning Under Epistemic Model Uncertainty, by John Mern et al.
Intelligent prospector v2.0: exploration drill planning under epistemic model uncertainty
by John Mern, Anthony Corso, Damian Burch, Kurt House, Jef Caers
First submitted to arxiv on: 14 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A new approach to optimal Bayesian decision making for geoscientific data acquisition is proposed, which incorporates human interpretations and geological priors. The method uses partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) to plan data acquisition optimally when multiple hypotheses are present. The POMDP-based agent can detect early on if the initial hypotheses are incorrect, thus reducing the expense of data acquisition. The approach is tested on a sediment-hosted copper deposit and has been applied successfully in characterizing an ultra-high-grade deposit in Zambia. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine you’re trying to find valuable minerals or resources deep inside the Earth. To do that, you need to decide which areas to drill into and what kind of data to collect. But how do you make those decisions? This paper proposes a new way to do it by combining human expertise with computer algorithms. It’s like having an intelligent guide that helps you figure out where to look and what data will be most useful. The method is tested on real-world examples, including finding valuable minerals in Zambia. |
