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THE TECHNICAL‐ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF AUTOMATIC DATA REDUCTION *
Author(s) -
OLSON ROBERT W.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
geophysical prospecting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2478
pISSN - 0016-8025
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1956.tb01413.x
Subject(s) - computer science , reduction (mathematics) , data processing , principal (computer security) , automation , subconscious , work (physics) , metamorphic petrology , interpretation (philosophy) , volume (thermodynamics) , telmatology , regional geology , engineering , computer security , mathematics , mechanical engineering , medicine , hydrogeology , physics , geometry , alternative medicine , geotechnical engineering , pathology , quantum mechanics , programming language , operating system
A bstract The background of automatic data processing as well as other improvements in prospecting methods is almost certainly economic. Consciously and intentionally or intuitively and even subconsciously, economic forces are the drive for improvements. Automatic processing can contribute to the increasing utility of seismic data. Reduction in the amount of routine work will permit talented people to utilize their time creatively on the more difficult problems. At the same time automatic reduction will provide for a greater volume of work. These two aspects will probably provide the first effective pressure for a high degree of automation. It is to be expected, however, that the ultimate and greatest value will be better interpretation; possibly more detail, possibly clearer more definitive interpretation, possibly both. Time concepts in the processing of seismic data are, of course, vital; either in simple time corrections of either static or dynamic nature or in treatment of signals in the time domain. Much development work is needed before these advantages can be realized. Principal development needed is an increase in dynamic range in the overall system.