Part 2: Experimental calibration of sampling parameters K and alpha for Gy's formula by the sampling tree method

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 513-518

  Minnitt, R C A ^a   Rice, P M ^b   Spangenberg, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Anglo Operations Limited (MinRED)

^c AngloGold Ashanti Limited   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNDAMENTAL ERROR (FE); GY FORMULA; HETROGENEITY TEST; SAMPLING NOMOGRAM;

CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 35348812620     PISSN: 22256253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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