StrataTrapper

Lossy compression of upscaled saturation tables

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Algorithm

The conceptual Mermaid flowchart for the algorithm:

flowchart TD
upsc[/"Upscaled tables [sw,J,krw,krg]"/]

do_param_fit{Do parametric fit?}
embed{Fit total mobility?}
red{Use PCA?}

latent[/Feature vectors/]

clean[/De-duplicated data/]

repr[/N representative cluster points/]
tabs[/N representative saturation tables/]

upsc --> do_param_fit
do_param_fit -- no --> embed
embed -- no --> red
embed -- yes --> red
red -- no --> latent
red -- yes --> latent
do_param_fit-- Parametric LET fit for relative permeabilities --> red
latent -- Remove near-identical entries --> clean
clean -- "Use as is" --> repr
clean -- "Quantisation (k-means)" --> repr
repr -- "Inverse transform to tabular format" --> tabs