A method for rapidly forming a stochastic model of Gaussian or related
type, representative of a porous heterogeneous medium such as an
underground reservoir, constrained by data characteristic of the
displacement of fluids. The method comprises construction of a chain of
realizations representative of a stochastic model (Y) by gradually
combining an initial realization of (Y) and one or more other
realization(s) of (Y) referred to as a composite realization, and
minimizing an objective function (J) measuring the difference between a
set of non-linear data deduced from the combination by means of a
simulator simulating the flow in the medium and the data measured in the
medium, by adjustment of the coefficients of the combination. The
composite realization results from the projection of the direction of
descent of the objective function, calculated by the flow simulator for
the initial realization, in the vector subspace generated by P
realizations of (Y), randomly drawn and independent of one another, and
of the initial realization. During optimization, the chain is explored so
as to identify a realization that allows minimizing the objective
function (J). In order to sufficiently reduce the objective function,
sequentially constructed chains are explored by taking as the initial
realization the optimum realization determined for the previous chain.
The method may be used for development of oil reservoirs.