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dc.contributor.authorWong, Kok W.
dc.contributor.supervisorDr Doug Myers
dc.contributor.supervisorDr Lance Fung
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:02:00Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:02:00Z
dc.date.created2008-05-14T04:35:58Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1281
dc.description.abstract

A novel data analysis approach that is automatic, self-learning and self-explained, and which provides accurate and reliable results is reported. The data analysis tool is capable of performing multivariate non-parametric regression analysis, as well as quantitative inferential analysis using predictive learning. Statistical approaches such as multiple regression or discriminant analysis are usually used to perform this kind of analysis. However, they lack universal capabilities and their success in any particular application is directly affected by the problem complexity.The approach employs the use of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Fuzzy Logic to perform the data analysis. The features of these two techniques are the means by which the developed data analysis approach has the ability to perform self-learning as well as allowing user interaction in the learning process. Further, they offer a means by which rules may be generated to assist human understanding of the learned analysis model, and so enable an analyst to include external knowledge.Two problems in the resource industry have been used to illustrate the proposed method, as these applications contain non-linearity in the data that is unknown and difficult to derive. They are well log data analysis in petroleum exploration and hydrocyclone data analysis in mineral processing. This research also explores how this proposed data analysis approach could enhance the analysis process for problems of this type.

dc.languageen
dc.publisherCurtin University
dc.subjectdata analysis
dc.subjectneural fuzzy analysis
dc.subjectwell log interpretation
dc.subjecthydrocyclone data interpretation
dc.titleA neural fuzzy approach for well log and hydrocyclone data interpretation.
dc.typeThesis
dcterms.educationLevelPhD
curtin.thesisTypeTraditional thesis
curtin.departmentSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering
curtin.identifier.adtidadt-WCU20020606.144708
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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