A new efficient joint simulation framework and application in a multivariable deposit

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 345-354

  Boucher, A ^a   Dimitrakopoulos, R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON DEPOSITS; IRON ORES; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; VECTORS;

AUTOCORRELATION FACTORS; BLOCK SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CONDITIONAL SIMULATIONS; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES; GAUSSIAN VECTORS; GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATIONS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; JOINT SIMULATIONS; LARGE SIZES; MULTIVARIABLE; NEW ALGORITHMS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

PLANNING;

EID: 58049179133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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