S-GeMS: The Stanford Geostatistical Modeling Software: A Tool for New Algorithms Development

Abstract

S-GeMS (Stanford Geostatistical Modeling Software) is a new crossplatform software for geostatistics. Capitalizing on the flexibility of the C++ Geostatistical Template Library (GsTL), it offers the more common geostatistics algorithms, such as kriging of one or more variables, sequential and multiple-point simulations. This software was developed with two aims in mind: be reasonably comprehensive and user-friendly, and serve as a development platform into which new algorithms can easily be integrated. S-GeMS is indeed built around a system of plug-ins which allow new geostatistical algorithms to be integrated, import/export filters to be added, new griding systems to be used such as unstructured grids.