Prediction of surface crown pillar stability using artificial neural networks

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 917-931

  Tawadrous, Ayman S ^a   Katsabanis, P D ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crown pillar stability; Neural networks; Surface crown pillar

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MINES; MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; STABILITY; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

CROWN PILLAR STABILITY; ROCK MASS RATING; SURFACE CROWN PILLAR;

MINE ROOF SUPPORTS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MINE ROOF SUPPORTS; MINES; MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; STABILITY; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HOST ROCK; OVERBURDEN; PILLAR; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248151533     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.566     Document Type: Article

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