<mods:mods version="3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-0.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Uncertainty of flow in porous media</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Joyce</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Aitchison</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Linda</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Cummings</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Giles</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Richardson</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Jonathan</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Rougier</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>The problem posed to the Study Group was, in essence, how to estimate the probability distribution of f(x) from the probability distribution of x. Here x is a large vector and f is a complicated function which can be expensive to evaluate. For Schlumberger's applications f is a computer simulator of a hydrocarbon reservoir, and x is a description of the geology of the reservoir, which is uncertain.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Energy and utilities</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Materials</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2005-01-14</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Study Group Report</mods:genre></mods:mods>
