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However, anisotropic inversion, intended for a vertical transverse isotropy (VTI) media that primarily describes shale gas\/oil resources, suffers from high nonlinearity. Simulated annealing is a widely used global optimization algorithm for solving nonlinear seismic inverse problems, but it involves multiple optimization parameters (e.g., initial temperature, search limit, and perturbation range). The importance of such parameters has been proven whilst the relevant analysis is limited in seismic inversion studies. This work hereby proposes a sequential anisotropic inversion method for VTI media, wherein we combine Bayesian linear and simulated annealing nonlinear inversion schemes. The simulated annealing is featured by adaptive optimization parameters aided by the linear result. Rather than the conventional method, the adaptive setting can be implemented trace by trace for complex reservoirs, which endows the method with enhanced stability and extended applicability. Synthetic tests and practical application demonstrate the validity of the method, wherein the obtained stiffness parameters facilitate the characterization of potential shale reservoirs with an improved accuracy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15071891","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,3]],"date-time":"2023-04-03T01:37:05Z","timestamp":1680485825000},"page":"1891","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Sequential Seismic Anisotropic Inversion for VTI Media with Simulated Annealing Algorithm Aided by Adaptive Setting of Optimization Parameters"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Cong","family":"Luo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Ba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8003-3942","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Qiang","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Resources and Geosciences, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"},{"name":"College of Information Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"835","DOI":"10.1007\/s10712-020-09593-6","article-title":"Seismic frequency component inversion for elastic parameters and maximum inverse quality factor driven by attenuating rock physics models","volume":"41","author":"Chen","year":"2020","journal-title":"Surv. 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