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Foreword to the Series
This series, Studies in Mathematical Geology (SMG), is issued under
the auspices of the International Association for Mathematical
Geology. It was established in 1984 by founding editor Richard B.
McCammon to serve as an outlet for book-length contributions on
topics of special interest to the geomathematical community and
interdisciplinary branches that look to the Association for leadership
in the application and use of mathematics in geoscience research and
technology.
SMG no. 8 describes the underlying statistical concepts and methodology used by the PETRIMES system for petroleum resource assessment. Research on PETRIMES was initiated in 1979 at the Geological
Survey of Canada by P. J. Lee, who acknowledged Prof. Gordon
Kaufman’s original discovery process model as his inspiration. The
manuscript was written in 1999 during Prof. Lee’s tenure at the National
Cheng Kung University of Taiwan, shortly before his regrettably early,
unexpected death. Originally intended as a text for graduate students,
Statistical Methods for Estimating Petroleum Resources summarizes
Prof. Lee’s research on the topic. The PETRIMES system, widely used
in the petroleum industry, continues to evolve.
Jo Anne DeGraffenreid, Editor
Baldwin City, Kansas, USA
Foreword to the Series
This series, Studies in Mathematical Geology (SMG), is issued under
the auspices of the International Association for Mathematical
Geology. It was established in 1984 by founding editor Richard B.
McCammon to serve as an outlet for book-length contributions on
topics of special interest to the geomathematical community and
interdisciplinary branches that look to the Association for leadership
in the application and use of mathematics in geoscience research and
technology.
SMG no. 8 describes the underlying statistical concepts and methodology used by the PETRIMES system for petroleum resource assessment. Research on PETRIMES was initiated in 1979 at the Geological
Survey of Canada by P. J. Lee, who acknowledged Prof. Gordon
Kaufman’s original discovery process model as his inspiration. The
manuscript was written in 1999 during Prof. Lee’s tenure at the National
Cheng Kung University of Taiwan, shortly before his regrettably early,
unexpected death. Originally intended as a text for graduate students,
Statistical Methods for Estimating Petroleum Resources summarizes
Prof. Lee’s research on the topic. The PETRIMES system, widely used
in the petroleum industry, continues to evolve.
Jo Anne DeGraffenreid, Editor
Baldwin City, Kansas, USA