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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Landmark Graphics Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Zitao Xu, Katy, TX (US);
Genbao Shi, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Chikang David Chien, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jeffrey Yarus, Houston, TX (US);
Richard L. Chambers, Yukon, OK (US);
LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In various examples, a method includes storing one or more data structures on a storage device, the one or more data structures identifying a plurality of faults in a geographical formation and a plurality of fault blocks on either side of the plurality of faults in the geographic formation; for each pair of faults blocks on opposite sides of a fault identified in the one or more data structures: determining, using at least one processor, a fault polygon of a respective pair of fault blocks with respect to a fault of the plurality of faults; and calculating a matching factor between the respective pair of fault blocks based on the fault polygon; selecting a pair of fault blocks to merge based on the calculated matching factor; and updating the one or more data structures to indicate the selected pair of fault blocks has been merged.