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Predictive deconvolution from the point of view of kriging

MICHAEL K. BROADHEAD
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Saudi Aramco, P.O. Box 1372, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia.,
JSE 2009, 18(3), 239–247;
Submitted: 9 June 2025 | Revised: 9 June 2025 | Accepted: 9 June 2025 | Published: 9 June 2025
© 2025 by the Authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

Broadhead, M.K., 2009. Predictive deconvolution from the point of view of kriging. Journal of Seismic Exploration, 18: 239-247. We review the geostatistical method of simple kriging and consider its application to the predictive deconvolution problem in seismology. We find that when kriging is applied to the 1D time-series prediction problem, it can be used to obtain the usual Wiener-Levinson system of equations that are normally arrived at with the methods of stationary time-series analysis. The kriging weights can then be interpreted in terms of the prediction filter coefficients. This connection between predictive decon and geostatistics does not appear to be known. Perhaps a better understanding and exploitation of this type of connection can lead to productive synergies between signal processing and geostatistics.

Keywords
deconvolution
geostatistics
kriging
prediction filter
Wiener-Levinson
covariance
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