Geostatistics for the Next Century

To honour the remarkable contribution of Michel David in the inception, establishment and development of Geostatistics, and to promote the essence of his work, an international Forum entitled Geostatistics for the Next Century was convened in Montreal in June 1993. In order to enhance communication and stimulate geostatistical innovation, research and development, the Forum brought together world leading researchers and practitioners from five continents, who discussed-debated current problems, new technologies and futuristic ideas. This volume contains selected peer-reviewed papers from the Forum, together with comments by participants and replies by authors. Although difficult to capture the spontaneity and range of a debate, comments and replies should further assist in the promotion of ideas, dialogue and criticism, and are consistent with the spirit of the Forum. The contents of this volume are organized following the Forum's thematic sessions. The role of theme sessions was not only to stress important topics of tOday but in addition, to emphasize common ground held among diverse areas of geostatistical work and the need to strengthen communication between these areas. For this reason, any given section of this book may include papers from theory to applications, in mining, petroleum, environment, geohydrology, image processing.

Contenu

/Table des matières Foreword/ Avant-propos; M. David. Modelling Practices, Needs, Directions and Concerns/ Pratiques, besoins, tendances et problèmes en matière de modélisation. Information Measures, Integration and Geostatistical Analysis/ Mesures du niveau d'information, intégration et analyse géostatistique. Conditional Simulations/ Simulations conditionnelles. Change of Support and Scale Issues/ Changements de support et problèmes d'échelle. Directions in Mining Geostatistics/ Tendances de la géostatistique minière. Dealing with Heterogeneity, Uncertainty and Fluid Flow/ Le traitement de l'hétérogénéité, de l'incertitude et de la mécanique des fluides. New Methods, Alternative Frameworks and Directions in Modelling/ Nouvelles méthodes, cadres alternatifs et tendances en matière de modélisation.