Comparing the predictive performance of neural networks with ordinary kriging in a bauxite deposit

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section A: Mining Technology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Samanta, Biswajit ^a   Ganguli, Rajive ^c   Bandopadhyay, Sukumar ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c Jim Walter Resources Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Bauxite deposit; Kriging; Neural network

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BAUXITE DEPOSITS; EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PERFORMANCE; SILICA;

DATASET; GEOLOGICAL COMPOSITION; KRINGING; PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 27844590713     PISSN: 14749009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037178405X53980     Document Type: Article

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