%0 Journal Article
	%A Mohsen Ebrahimi and  Milad M. Rabieh
	%D 2012
	%J International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 61, 2012
	%T Fast and Accurate Reservoir Modeling: Genetic Algorithm versus DIRECT Method
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2594
	%V 61
	%X In this paper, two very different optimization
algorithms, Genetic and DIRECT algorithms, are used to history
match a bottomhole pressure response for a reservoir with wellbore
storage and skin with the best possible analytical model. No initial
guesses are available for reservoir parameters. The results show that
the matching process is much faster and more accurate for DIRECT
method in comparison with Genetic algorithm. It is furthermore
concluded that the DIRECT algorithm does not need any initial
guesses, whereas Genetic algorithm needs to be tuned according to
initial guesses.
	%P 305 - 311