Notice of RetractionGenetic algorithm principle and the application in oilfield development

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The genetic algorithm is a global optimization method and good at flexibility and robustness. It conducts undirected random search, which is not limited by search space. The computational procedure of the algorithm is easy and simple. The genetic algorithm is especially suited to solve multivariate and nonlinear complex problems which are impossible or difficult to be settled by other scientific technologies. The paper introduces the current wide application of genetic algorithm in oil-field development planning, measure optimization, well location deployment, multilateral well design, well testing, steam stimulation, the design of oil production technologies, and so on, which represents the algorithm´s advantages in solving problems of oil field development, and reveals the wide ranging application prospect in the field of oilfield development.