Abstract: A method, systems, and computer readable media optimize the correlation of well log data utilizing dynamic programming. A geological signature in well log data from a reference well is mapped onto well log data from one or more target wells by using a dynamic programming algorithm to calculate multiple solutions. The solutions may be calculated by determining an alignment between a connected subset of data elements comprising the geological signature in the reference well log data and either a totality or subset of data elements comprising the target well log data. Each calculated solution has an associated cost measure with the least cost measure representing the optimal solution. Each solution represents a mapping of the geological signature from the reference well log data onto the target well log data. The optimal solution in addition to indicia representative of alternative calculated solutions may be displayed to a user along with the location of well picks mapped from the reference well log data.