Adaptive downhole acquisition system

1. A method comprising:

generating a measurement model at surface prior to storing the measurement model in memory disposed within a downhole tool, wherein generating the measurement model includes building an uncompressed measurement model and compressing the uncompressed measurement model to generate a compressed measurement model for storage in the memory;

storing the compressed measurement model in the memory;

moving the downhole tool from a first subsurface location to a second subsurface location in a borehole defined by at least one formation;

accessing the compressed measurement model in the memory;

performing a first measurement using a sensor of the downhole tool operated according to a first parameter set while the sensor is positioned subsurface within the borehole;

determining, by a processor disposed within the downhole tool, an optimal parameter set for operating the sensor of the downhole tool using the compressed measurement model and the first measurement while each of the processor, the sensor, and the memory is positioned subsurface within the borehole, wherein the first parameter set and the optimal parameter set are different; and

performing a second measurement using the sensor of the downhole tool operated according to the optimal parameter set while each of the sensor, the processor, and the memory is positioned subsurface within the borehole.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining the optimal parameter set using at least one prior measurement acquired via the downhole tool.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first measurement characterizes at least one of the at least one formation.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a transition of the downhole tool from a first formation of a borehole to a second formation of the borehole, wherein the optimal parameter set is a first optimal parameter set that corresponds to the first formation of the borehole and;

responsive to the transition, determining a second optimal parameter set that corresponds to the second formation of the borehole, wherein the first optimal parameter set and the second optimal parameter set are different.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compressed measurement model comprises a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement model.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein determining the optimal parameter set utilizes at least one of a T 1 value and a T 2 value.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the compressed measurement model comprises T 1 values and T 2 values corresponding to an unconventional reservoir and associated parameter sets, wherein the optimal parameter set is selected from the parameter sets.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compressed measurement model comprises at least one classifier.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one classifier comprises a formation type classifier.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compressed measurement model comprises at least two classifiers.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least two classifiers classify measurements as corresponding to different types of formations.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compressed measurement model comprises a decision tree.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compressed measurement model comprises a support vector machine (SVM).

14. A system comprising:

a first subsystem comprising:

a processor;

memory accessible to the processor; and

processor-executable instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to instruct the first subsystem to:

generate a measurement model at surface prior to storing the measurement model in memory disposed within a downhole tool, wherein generating the measurement model includes building an uncompressed measurement model and compressing the uncompressed measurement model to generate a compressed measurement model for storage in the memory of the downhole tool; and

store the compressed measurement model in the memory disposed within

the downhole tool; and

a second subsystem comprising:

a processor:

memory accessible to the processor of the second subsystem; and

processor-executable instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to instruct the second subsystem to:

access the compressed measurement model in the memory disposed within the downhole tool while the downhole tool is moving from a first subsurface location to a second subsurface location in a borehole defined by at least one formation;

perform a first measurement using a sensor disposed within the downhole tool, wherein the sensor is operated according to a first parameter set while the sensor is positioned subsurface within the borehole:

determine, by a processor disposed within the downhole tool, an optimal parameter set using the compressed measurement model and the first measurement while each of the processor disposed within the downhole tool, the sensor disposed within the downhole tool, and the memory disposed within the downhole tool is positioned subsurface within the borehole, wherein the first parameter set and the optimal parameter set are different; and

perform a second measurement using the sensor of the downhole tool operated according to the optimal parameter set while each of the sensor, the processor disposed within the downhole tool, and the memory disposed within the downhole tool is positioned subsurface within the borehole.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the compressed measurement model comprises a decision tree or a support vector machine.

16. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions executable to instruct a computing system to:

generate a measurement model at surface prior to storing the measurement model in memory disposed within a downhole tool, wherein generating the measurement model includes building an uncompressed measurement model and compressing the uncompressed measurement model to generate a compressed measurement model for storage in the memory;

store the compressed measurement model in the memory;

access the compressed measurement model in the memory while the downhole tool is moving from a first subsurface location to a second subsurface location in a borehole defined by at least one formation;

perform a first measurement using a sensor of the downhole tool operated according to a first parameter set while the sensor is positioned subsurface within the borehole;

determine, by a processor disposed within the downhole tool, an optimal parameter set using the compressed measurement model and the first measurement while each of the processor, the sensor, and the memory is positioned subsurface within the borehole, wherein the first parameter set and the optimal parameter set are different; and

perform a second measurement using the sensor of the downhole tool operated according to the optimal parameter set while each of the sensor, the processor, and the memory is positioned subsurface within the borehole.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the second subsystem is disposed within the downhole tool.

18. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 16 , wherein the compressed measurement model comprises a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement model.

19. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 16 , wherein the compressed measurement model comprises a decision tree or a support vector machine.