A spectral method for clustering of rock discontinuity sets

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1052-1061

  Jimenez Rodriguez, R ^a,b   Sitar, N ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Joint sets; K means; Orientation analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SET THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

JOINT SETS; ORIENTATION ANALYSIS; ROCK DISCONTINUITY SETS; SPECTRAL CLUSTERING ALGORITHM;

ROCK MECHANICS;

ALGORITHM; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745235103     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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