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This paper deals with the use of relative indicators as the means to model qualitative variables such as multiple lithology types. Relative indicator variables are defined sequentially, each within the space of the preceding. As a result, indicator type modelling approaches can be implemented to sequentially generate models of qualitative variables, using both indicator kriging and indicator conditional simulation. Two examples are given, one in estimating the lithologies of a mineral deposit and one in simulating the lithofacies of a reservoir.
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Dimitrakopoulos, R., Dagbert, M. (1993). Sequential Modelling of Relative Indicator Variables: Dealing with Multiple Lithology Types. In: Soares, A. (eds) Geostatistics Tróia ’92. Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1739-5_33
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