Яндекс.Метрика

D. Kolyukhin,J.Tveranger

: Mathematical Geosciences

The present paper addresses statistical analysis and estimation of fracture-length distributions at scales influenced by the truncation and censoring effects. The computational method employed here uses fracture-length distributions of a given set of measurements and information about observational constraints (i.e., window of observation) to estimate the probability density of the truncated and censored parts of fracture data sets. The results are benchmarked against power-law based maximal likelihood estimations commonly used for the same purpose. The relationship between the accuracy of estimates and size of the window of observation is studied. The utility of employing statistical models with arbitrary probability distributions of fracture lengths in order to provide a valid statistical model approximation is also considered. A verification of the suggested approximation using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test applied to truncated and censored data is proposed. Numerical computations show that the proposed method can represent an essential improvement compared to other commonly employed techniques
индекс в базе ИАЦ: 041880