Geotechnical risks in underground coal mines

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2137-2143

  Shahriar, K ^a   Bakhtavar, E ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Accident; Decision tree; Management; Mining; Relative cost; Roof fall

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; DIFFERENT COALS; GEOTECHNICAL; GEOTECHNICAL RISKS; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; RELATIVE COSTS; ROOF FALL; UNDERGROUND COAL MINE;

ACCIDENTS; COAL MINES; COSTS; DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; MANAGEMENT; MINE ROOF CONTROL; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOFS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649399394     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2009.2137.2143     Document Type: Article

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