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标题：Application of Machine Learning in Evaluation of the Static Young’s Modulus for Sandstone Formations
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作者：Ahmed Abdulhamid Mahmoud ; Salaheldin Elkatatny ; Dhafer Al Shehri 等
期刊名称：Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2071-1050
出版年度：2020
卷号：12
期号：5
页码：1880
DOI：10.3390/su12051880
语种：English
出版社：MDPI, Open Access Journal
摘要：Prediction of the mechanical characteristics of the reservoir formations, such as static Young#8217;s modulus (Esubstatic/sub), is very important for the evaluation of the wellbore stability and development of the earth geomechanical model. Esubstatic/sub considerably varies with the change in the lithology. Therefore, a robust model for Esubstatic/sub prediction is needed. In this study, the predictability of Esubstatic/sub for sandstone formation using four machine learning models was evaluated. The design parameters of the machine learning models were optimized to improve their predictability. The machine learning models were trained to estimate Esubstatic/sub based on bulk formation density, compressional transit time, and shear transit time. The machine learning models were trained and tested using 592 well log data points and their corresponding core-derived Esubstatic/sub values collected from one sandstone formation in well-A and then validated on 38 data points collected from a sandstone formation in well-B. Among the machine learning models developed in this work, Mamdani fuzzy interference system was the highly accurate model to predict Esubstatic/sub for the validation data with an average absolute percentage error of only 1.56% and R of 0.999. The developed static Young#8217;s modulus prediction models could help the new generation to characterize the formation rock with less cost and safe operation.