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Seismic Attributes and Time-Frequency analysis by using Wigner-Ville distribution combined with the Maximum Entropy Method Leonardo M. Batista * , CPGG/UFBA, Milton J. Porsani, CPGG/UFBA Copyright 2017, SBGf - Sociedade Brasileira de Geof´ ısica. This paper was prepared for presentation at the 15 th International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical Society, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 31 July to 3 August 2017, 2017. Contents of this paper were reviewed by the Technical Committee of the 15 th International Congress of The Brazilian Geophysical Society and do not necessarily represent any position of the SBGf, its officers or members. Electronic reproduction or storage of any part of this paper for commercial purposes without the written consent of The Brazilian Geophysical Society is prohibited. Abstract The growing need for more defined images of seismic attributes for analysis and description of reservoirs encourages the development of new methods that are capable of displaying high resolution images of seismic attributes. Therewith, we propose the use of the method called Maximum Entropy of Wigner-Ville (MEM-WV), that combines the distribution of Wigner-Ville with the Burg’s Maximum Entropy method, in order to get the high resolution power spectrum of the seismic signal. In this method, the power spectrum is obtained by doing Fourier Transform (FT) of each Kernel term of Wigner-Ville, and then by estimating and extending each Kernel sequence. In order to better describe hydrocarbon reservoirs, this work will favor the achievement of structural, stratigraphic and geomorphological attributes with higher resolution. Introduction The subject titled Time-Frequency Analysis (TFA, T-F), or Time / Scale-Frequency Analysis (TSFA) usually combines principles of signal analysis with those of differential equations. This means that the harmonic analysis is described in the time-space domain and in the associated spectral content. Thus, the different techniques retain a direct relationship with the Fourier transform to decompose and represent a function (Leite, 2015). Techniques for decomposing a signal in time and frequency can be found in many areas of science, including the analysis of the volatility and the correlation of financial rates (Pimentel and da Silva, 2011), the analysis of disturbances in electrical networks (Soares, 2013). In seismic studies, the list related to T-F Analysis is long and constantly evolving. In this work, we use the maximum entropy method of Burg (1967) to estimate the spectrum of the data with high resolution, avoiding the crossed terms. This method is based on the estimation of a linear predictive operator and on the estimation and extension of the autocorrelation function, called (Zoukaneri and Porsani, 2015) maximum entropy of Wigner-Ville method (MEM- WV). After generating the unknown coefficients of the self-correlation, the Kernel terms of the Wigner-Ville Maximum Entropy can be generated, which, once applied to the Fourier Transform, generate the maximum entropy spectrum. In the last step, we extracted the mean instantaneous frequency, mean variance, and Skewness and Kurtosis attributes of the WV-MEM, which were essential for the characterization of reservoirs based on seismic attributes. Theory For an uniformly sampled signal z(t ) with Δ t interval, the discrete Wigner-Ville can be represented as follows: W (t , f )= 2 N-1 k=0 z(t - k)z * (t + k)e (-2 jπ fk) (1) where z(n) is the analytical signal corresponding to x(n) and represented by: z(n)= x(n)+ jH [x(n)] (2) where H [x(n)] represents the Hilbert transform of the signal x(n), n = 0, ..., N s - 1, and N s , the number of samples. The covariance matrix associated to the analytic signal can be represented by: C = zz* (3) Where ” * ” represents the conjugate transpose of the matrix. The Kernel of the Wigner-Ville distribution is represented by the set of sequences of terms along the secondary diagonals of the associated covariance matrix, represented by: K(n)= {k n (-l ), ..., k n (0), ..., k n (l )} (4) where each term in equation 4 is: z(n - l )z * (n + l ), |l |≤ min {n, N s - n} 0, |l |≤ min {n, N s - n} The central term k n (0)= z(n)z * (n) is associated with the sample z(n). To facilitate the understanding of equation 1, the Figure 1 represents a graphic illustration of discrete Wigner-Ville. The covariance matrix is formed by z and z * , the kernel sequences are represented by the blue lines, and the k n (.) terms, by black circles. The power spectrum corresponding to the Fourier transform of the Kernel K(n) of Wigner-Ville can also be seen in Figure 1 and can be analyzed by means of the instantaneous power spectrum of the signal z(n) and represented as: P(n)= W (n)= w n (- N - 1 2 ), ..., w n (0), ..., w n ( N - 1 2 ) , (5) where each coefficient is given by: w(m)= 1 N (N-1)/2 l =-(N-1)/2 k n (l ) W ml 4 (6) Fifteenth International Congress of The Brazilian Geophysical Society

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Seismic Attributes and Time-Frequency analysis by using Wigner-Ville distributioncombined with the Maximum Entropy MethodLeonardo M. Batista∗, CPGG/UFBA, Milton J. Porsani, CPGG/UFBA

Copyright 2017, SBGf - Sociedade Brasileira de Geofısica.

This paper was prepared for presentation at the 15th International Congress of theBrazilian Geophysical Society, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 31 July to 3 August 2017,2017.

Contents of this paper were reviewed by the Technical Committee of the 15th

International Congress of The Brazilian Geophysical Society and do not necessarilyrepresent any position of the SBGf, its officers or members. Electronic reproductionor storage of any part of this paper for commercial purposes without the written consentof The Brazilian Geophysical Society is prohibited.

Abstract

The growing need for more defined images of seismicattributes for analysis and description of reservoirsencourages the development of new methods that arecapable of displaying high resolution images of seismicattributes. Therewith, we propose the use of the methodcalled Maximum Entropy of Wigner-Ville (MEM-WV), thatcombines the distribution of Wigner-Ville with the Burg’sMaximum Entropy method, in order to get the highresolution power spectrum of the seismic signal. In thismethod, the power spectrum is obtained by doing FourierTransform (FT) of each Kernel term of Wigner-Ville, andthen by estimating and extending each Kernel sequence. Inorder to better describe hydrocarbon reservoirs, this workwill favor the achievement of structural, stratigraphic andgeomorphological attributes with higher resolution.

Introduction

The subject titled Time-Frequency Analysis (TFA, T-F), orTime / Scale-Frequency Analysis (TSFA) usually combinesprinciples of signal analysis with those of differentialequations. This means that the harmonic analysis isdescribed in the time-space domain and in the associatedspectral content. Thus, the different techniques retain adirect relationship with the Fourier transform to decomposeand represent a function (Leite, 2015).Techniques for decomposing a signal in time and frequencycan be found in many areas of science, including theanalysis of the volatility and the correlation of financial rates(Pimentel and da Silva, 2011), the analysis of disturbancesin electrical networks (Soares, 2013). In seismic studies,the list related to T-F Analysis is long and constantlyevolving.In this work, we use the maximum entropy methodof Burg (1967) to estimate the spectrum of the datawith high resolution, avoiding the crossed terms. Thismethod is based on the estimation of a linear predictiveoperator and on the estimation and extension of theautocorrelation function, called (Zoukaneri and Porsani,2015) maximum entropy of Wigner-Ville method (MEM-WV). After generating the unknown coefficients of theself-correlation, the Kernel terms of the Wigner-VilleMaximum Entropy can be generated, which, once appliedto the Fourier Transform, generate the maximum entropyspectrum.

In the last step, we extracted the mean instantaneousfrequency, mean variance, and Skewness and Kurtosisattributes of the WV-MEM, which were essential for thecharacterization of reservoirs based on seismic attributes.

Theory

For an uniformly sampled signal z(t) with ∆ t interval, thediscrete Wigner-Ville can be represented as follows:

W (t, f ) = 2N−1

∑k=0

z(t− k)z∗ (t + k)e(−2 jπ f k) (1)

where z(n) is the analytical signal corresponding to x(n) andrepresented by:

z(n) = x(n)+ jH [x(n)] (2)

where H [x(n)] represents the Hilbert transform of the signalx(n),n = 0, ...,Ns− 1, and Ns, the number of samples. Thecovariance matrix associated to the analytic signal can berepresented by:

C = zz∗ (3)

Where ” * ” represents the conjugate transpose of thematrix. The Kernel of the Wigner-Ville distribution isrepresented by the set of sequences of terms along thesecondary diagonals of the associated covariance matrix,represented by:

K(n) = {kn(−l), ...,kn(0), ...,kn(l)} (4)

where each term in equation 4 is:

z(n− l)z∗(n+ l), |l| ≤ min{n,Ns−n}0, |l| ≤ min{n,Ns−n}

The central term kn(0) = z(n)z∗(n) is associated with thesample z(n).To facilitate the understanding of equation 1, the Figure 1represents a graphic illustration of discrete Wigner-Ville.The covariance matrix is formed by z and z∗, the kernelsequences are represented by the blue lines, and the kn(.)terms, by black circles.The power spectrum corresponding to the Fouriertransform of the Kernel K(n) of Wigner-Ville can alsobe seen in Figure 1 and can be analyzed by means ofthe instantaneous power spectrum of the signal z(n) andrepresented as:

P(n) =W (n) ={

wn(−N−1

2), ...,wn(0), ...,wn(

N−12

)

}, (5)

where each coefficient is given by:

w(m) =1N

(N−1)/2

∑l=−(N−1)/2

kn(l)W ml4 (6)

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Frequency

Tim

e

Power Spectrum

Figure 1: Modified image from Zoukaneri (2014).Schematic discrete distribution of Wigner-Ville. The bluediagonals represent the Kernel K(n) sequences. The redarrow represents the sum of the autocorrelation terms.The image of the instantaneous power spectrum P(t, f ) isgenerated by Fourier transforming the kernel sequences.

N is the number of terms used in the Discrete FourierTransform except that the so called twiddle factor isnormally defined as W2 = exp[− j2π/N]. The additionalpower of 2 represents a scaling of the frequency axis bya factor of 2. Equation 6 can be evaluated efficientlyusing the standard fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithms(Zoukaneri and Porsani, 2015).

Maximum Entropy Method

Usually the power spectrum is estimated using the ShortWindow Fourier Transform (SWFT) of the autocorrelationcoefficients (ACC). However, the leakage effect when thedata is truncated makes the Fourier transform limited.To obtain good resolution from a limited series of data,Burg (1995) formulated the Maximum Entropy Method,constituting a linear predictive filter, which gives themaximum quadratic error between the data and thepredicted value of the data. Marple (1978) presents theentropy of a Gaussian process proportional to:∫ fn

− fn

logP( f )d f (7)

where P( f ) is the power spectrum, and fN is the Nyquistfrequency. Burg maximizes the entropy with the followingcondition:

Rn =∫ fN

− fN

P( f )e(i2π f n∆t)d f (8)

where Rn is self covariance, −N < n < N. With the helpof Lagrange coefficients, we can obtain the solution λk k =1, ...,N, such that:

∂P( f ))

(∫ fn

− fn

logP( f )d f −λk

(M

∑−M

∫ fN

− fN

P( f )e(i2π f n∆t)d f

))= 0

(9)The solution of equation 9 is given by:

P( f ) =ENc ∆t∣∣∣∑Nc−1

n=0 cne− j2π f n∆t∣∣∣2 , (10)

where P( f ) is the power spectrum, cn, n = 0, ...,Nc − 1,(c0 = 1), represents the coefficients of the prediction erroroperator (PEO) of order Nc, and Ec is the correspondingenergy of the error. f is limited by the range of Nyquist−1/(2∆t)6 f 6 1/(2∆t).The basic form of the maximum entropy method is givenby the 10 equation. Thus, the power spectrum P(t) iscompletely defined if the coefficients cn and energy ENc

are known. Among the methods used to determine thecoefficients of the PEO of order Nc and the correspondingenergy ENc , the most used are the Yulle-Walker equationand the Burg algorithm, which was used in this work.

Solution of the Maximum Entropy equation via Burgequation

This method, originally proposed by Burg (1967) as amaximum entropy algorithm, was later interpreted as arestrictive least squares minimization algorithm. Estimatesof the model parameters cn are obtained by minimizing, foreach model of order Nc, the arithmetic mean of the power ofdirect and reverse linear predictive errors, with the limitationthat the parameters cn satisfy Levinson’s recursion:

c j,i = c j−1,i + c j,ic j−1, j−1 (11)

This limitation is made to ensure stability of the Kay andMarple operator (1981).Considering a signal xn,n = 1, ...,N and some coefficientsci, i = 1, ...,k, the direct and reverse linear prediction yn andZn of the original signal Xn can be obtained, respectively,by:

yn =−k

∑i=1

cixn−1 (12)

and

zn =−k

∑i=1

cixn+1 (13)

where ci i = 1, ...,k is the prediction operator coefficientof order K, yn is the linear combination of the previouslyknown weighted coefficients (direct prediction), and znis the weighted linear combination of the next knowncoefficients (reverse prediction) (Zoukaneri, 2014).Burg (1967) proposes to minimize simultaneously the sumof squared errors of direct and reverse prediction subjectedto a constraint.By calling Fk the direct prediction error and Bk the reverseprediction error, we have:

Fk =N

∑n=1

(xn− yn)2 =

N

∑n=1

(xn− (−k

∑i=1

cixn−1))2 (14)

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and

Bk =N

∑n=1

(xn− zn)2 =

N

∑n=1

(xn− (−k

∑i=1

cixn+1))2 (15)

Equation 11 can be rewritten as:

cn+1 = cn +µck+1−n, (16)

where µ = c j, j, n = 1, ...,k, and k is the number ofcoefficients. For c0 = 1, equation 14 can be rewritten as:

Fk =N

∑n=1

(c0xn +k

∑i=1

cixn−1)2 =

N

∑n=1

( fk(n))2 (17)

where

fk(n) =k

∑i=0

cixn−1 (18)

According to this, we can rewrite equation 15 in the sameway:

Bk =N

∑n=1

(c0xn +k

∑i=1

cixn+1)2 =

N

∑n=1

(bk(n))2 (19)

and

bk(n) =k

∑i=0

cixn+1 (20)

Therefore, we can obtain:

Fk+1 +Bk+1 =N

∑n=1

( fk+1(n))2 +

N

∑n=1

(bk+1(n))2 (21)

Using the equations 16, 18, and 20, we can derive:

fk+1(n) = fk(n)+µbk(n− k−1) (22)

bk+1(n) = bk(n)+µ fk(n+ k+1) (23)Using 22 and 23 in 21 and minimizing with respect to µ, wehave:

µ =−2∑

N−k−1n=0 fk(n+ k+1)bk(n)

∑Nn=0 fk(n)2 +∑

Nn=0 bk(n)2

(24)

where the Burg algorithm is summarized by:{∂ ( fk+1+bk+1)

∂ µ= 0,

cn+1 = cn +µck+1−n.(25)

It is possible to estimate the coefficients c j,i of theprediction error operator from the discrete signal using theBurg algorithm. This algorithm does not impose zerosoutside the window, does not require previous coefficientsof the autocorrelation function (ACF), and produces aminimum phase operator (Ulrych and Bishop, 1975),(Ulrych and Clayton, 1976), (Marple, 1978), (Barrodale andErickson, 1980), Porsani (1986), (Zoukaneri, 2014)In addition to the method for estimating PEO coefficients,Burg established the relationship for predicting thecoefficients of autocorrelation with known coefficients c j,i.We have:

rz( j) =−j−1

∑i=1

rz( j− i)c( j−1, i)− c( j, j)E j−1 (26)

The equation 26 guarantees the recursive obtaining ofthe AC coefficients associated to the maximum entropyspectrum. The Burg method allows to estimate directly jcoefficients of the autocorrelation, while in the Yule-Walkermethod is necessary to know previously the coefficientsof autocorrelation to estimate the PEO (Zoukaneri andPorsani, 2015).

Maximum entropy method applied to WVD

The Burg method mentioned above is used to compute thePEO and then using the PEO coefficients to compute andextend the power spectrum of each Wigner-Ville Kernelsequence K(n),n = 0, ...,Ns−1.Each sequence K(n) can be associated with an analyticsignal z(n) whose boundaries are associated with windowsize L.

z(n) ={

z(n− L2), ...,z(n), ...,z(n+

L2)

}(27)

The window size L and the number of filter coefficientsNc control the resolution of the decomposition in the FTplane. L is an odd number related to an odd symmetric timewindow centered on Z(n). We can then write the sequenceof the autocorrelation coefficients related to the signal z(n)as:

K(n) ={

k(n− L2), ...,k(n), ...,k(n+

L2)

}(28)

The coefficients of the autocorrelation function ACFassociated to the maximum entropy spectrum can beobtained using the Burg algorithm. The coefficients areextended as:

kn( j) =−j−1

∑i=1

kn( j−1)c( j−1, i)− c( j, j)E j−1 (29)

By making the Fourier transform of 29, we can obtain theinstantaneous power of the Wigner-Ville distribution. Bysliding the window and repeating the process for all kernelsequences, the time-frequency representation of Wigner-Ville maximum entropy is obtained without the influence ofthe crossed terms.

Extraction of instant attributes from WV-MEM

Average instantaneous frequency

According to Boashash (1992), the average instantaneousfrequency can be obtained by computing the first momentof the Wigner-ville distribution, expressed as:

f (t) =∫+∞

−∞fW (t, f )d f∫+∞

−∞W (t, f )d f

(30)

where f is the instantaneous average frequency, f is thefrequency, W ( f , t) is the Wigner-Ville distribution obtainedwith WV-MEM, and

∫+∞

−∞W (t, f )d f corresponds to the time-

boundary condition of the Wigner-Ville distribution.The frequency calculated using the first moment of theMEM-WV is robust, which is why the presence of noisecauses low interference to the results (Fomel and Backus,2003). The robustness evaluation is solved in Zoukaneri(2014).

Variance

The second moment of MEM-WV is related to the localdeviation of the frequencies with respect to the averagefrequency. This deviation is called bandwidth and / orvariance, according to Barnes (1993), and is given by:

σ2(t) =

∫+∞

−∞( f − f (t))2W (t, f )d f∫+∞

−∞W (t, f )d f

(31)

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Skewness

The Skewness attribute is related to the third momentof WV-MEM. This attribute describes the deviation of thedensity function with respect to the normal:

S(t) =∫+∞

−∞( f − f (t))3W (t, f )d f

σ3(t)∫+∞

−∞W (t, f )d f

(32)

Kurtosis

The Kurtosis attribute is related to the fourth moment ofWV-MEM and reflects how close the distribution is to adelta. It is given by:

K(t) =

∫+∞

−∞( f − f (t))4W (t, f )d f

σ4(t)∫+∞

−∞W (t, f )d f

−3 (33)

According to Steeghs and Drijkoningen (2001), the term -3causes K(t) to assume zero value for the case of normaldistribution.

Results

The WV-MEM method and its relation to the window size Land the PEO operator order

In the previously reported information, the methodresolution (WV-MEM) is controlled by the window size Land the number of coefficients Nc of the PEO operator.Now, we will understand how the resolution is conditionedby the effect of the operator order and the size of thewindow.

Wigner-Ville method and the effect of the window size L

It is possible to observe the effect of window size in Figure2, that shows a synthetic time-frequency seismic traceusing the Wigner-Ville method for different window sizesL. Through a thorough observation, it can be concludedthat large windows make the surface of the energy smoothwhile small windows allow the observation of small details.Of course, to characterize the stratigraphy, we should useshort size windows. This is contrary to what is observedin traditional methods such as the short-window FourierTransform (SWFT), where a larger window is needed toachieve a frequency resolution. The explanation is thatthe SWFT method aims to solve a non-stationary problembased on the window size, and on the proposed approach;besides, it becomes the non-stationary problem in smallstationary problems. In this way, the short window isnecessary to achieve better solution. Each short window ischaracterized by its center frequency (average), such that,in MEM-WV, only the center frequency and its associatedenergy for each window considered (Zoukaneri, 2014) arerepresented.

Wigner-Ville method and the PEO effect

It is possible to observe how the order of the PEO operatorin Figure 3 influences the time-frequency spectrum.However, it is clear that the operator of the order Nc = 1is sufficient. According to Zoukaneri (2014), the operatorof order Nc = 1 corresponds to a PEO of single reflectioncoefficient (1,c1,1) and can be associated with the singlewave plane propagating indefinitely with center frequencyequal to the average frequency of the wave. In this way,

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the WV-MEM spectrum with Nc = 1 represents the energydistribution around the instantaneous average frequency.Similarly, the operator of order Nc = 3 (1,c1,1,c1,2) isassociated with two wave planes, where each wave planein the Wigner- Ville spectrum is represented by the energydistribution around the mean frequency corresponding tothe wave plane.

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According to Zoukaneri (2014), the choice of the order is ofgreat importance to identify the components that a signalcarries, especially for multicomponent signals and in noiseenvironments. The best choice for the order of the modelNc is not usually known at the beginning, so it is necessaryto perform experiments with several orders. Two of thesecriteria are the final prediction error (FPE) described by

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Akaike (1969) and the maximum likelihood approach (AIC).However, for applications in geophysics, where it is desiredto analyze the energy variation of the signal, an operator oforder Nc = 1 is sufficient.Another transparent observation in the Figure 3, whichjustifies the used method, concerns the instantaneousaverage frequency curve. Note that for different valuesof Nc the instantaneous average frequency curve remainsconstant, affirming the robustness of the method in noisyenvironments.

Extraction of Attributes and Characterization of Reservoirsin Real Data

Most of the extracted attributes were obtained usingthe WV-MEM spectrum in post-stacked data. As ageomorphological attribute, we have the instantaneousaverage frequency presented in Figure 5, extracted fromthe Figure 4. The vertical resolution of the spectralsection is observed due to the solution of the WV-MEMmethod. Thus, it is possible to observe a decreasein the frequencies as the depth increases and moreimportant regions of low frequencies indicating a probableaccumulation of hydrocarbons in the time of seven secondsfor the CMPs 300 and 600.One of the direct indicators of hydrocarbons is thelow frequency anomaly, since low frequency energy ishighlighted below the reservoirs. Spectral decompositionhas been used to study the energy variation with frequencyin the data.Figure 6 refers to the variant attribute and correspondsto local deviation and frequency with respect to averagefrequency. Note that this attribute also reaffirms thereservoir for CMPs 300 and 600 in the time of sevenseconds.For the same CMPs and time, the attributes Skewness,Figure 7, and Kuttosis, Figure 8, guarantee informationrelated to the reservoirs. Note in Figure 7 that the region ofthe possible reservoir in the Skewness attribute has a highdegree of asymmetry. Figure 8 corresponds to the Kurtosisseismic attribute. Observe that the attribute is efficient inthe identification of the reservoir, once it reflects the pulsedistortion due to the presence of fluid in the region (notelower values when compared to the host medium).Another interesting attribute is the energy of the PredictionError, Figure 9, which represents how close the calculatedvalue is to the predicted data.

Conclusion

The Wigner-Ville maximum entropy distribution wasobtained using the Burg method to extend the Wigner-Villekernel sequences using the prediction error operator andapplying to each extended Kernel sequence the Fouriertransform.The solution of the method is controlled by the operatororder Nc and the size of the window used to estimate theprediction operator. The number of components of thespectrum is directly related to the number of coefficientsof the predictive error operator. In the signal analysis, theNc = 2 proved to be satisfactory. Small window allows tocapture details of the data while a large window manifeststhe soft spectrum.From the WV-MEM spectrum, it was possible to obtainthe attributes instantaneous average frequency, meanvariance, Skewness and Kurtosis attributes with high

resolution for the characterization of reservoirs.

Acknowledgements

This research was supported by CNPq and INCT-GP/CNPq. The facility support from CPGG/UFBA is alsoacknowledged.

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