Summary of Latent Diffusion Models For Parameterization and Data Assimilation Of Facies-based Geomodels, by Guido Di Federico et al.
Latent diffusion models for parameterization and data assimilation of facies-based geomodels
by Guido Di Federico, Louis J. Durlofsky
First submitted to arxiv on: 21 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE); Machine Learning (cs.LG); Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper presents a novel application of diffusion models to geological parameterization, enabling the generation of realistic geological realizations from input fields with random noise. The proposed latent diffusion model combines a variational autoencoder for dimension reduction and a U-net for denoising. The authors demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach in generating 2D three-facies (channel-levee-mud) systems that are visually consistent with samples from geomodeling software. Additionally, the paper evaluates the performance of the model using spatial and flow-response statistics, showing agreement between generated models and reference realizations. Furthermore, the authors apply their method to ensemble-based data assimilation, achieving significant uncertainty reduction and consistent posterior geomodels for two synthetic “true” models. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper uses a new kind of artificial intelligence (AI) called diffusion models to create realistic pictures of underground rock formations. The AI is trained to remove random noise from input images and generate new, realistic versions. The authors show that their method can be used to create detailed and accurate images of underground rock structures. They also test their method by using it to analyze real-world data and found that it was able to accurately predict the behavior of fluids moving through these underground formations. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Diffusion » Diffusion model » Variational autoencoder
