Application of fuzzy inference system and nonlinear regression models for predicting rock brittleness

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2265-2272

  Yagiz, Saffet ^a   Gokceoglu, Candan ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brittleness; Fuzzy inference system; Nonlinear regression

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ERROR; COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DATA SETS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DEVELOPED MODEL; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEM; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; FUZZY MODELS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR REGRESSION; NONLINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; PERFORMANCE VALUE; PREDICTION PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION TOOLS; PUNCH PENETRATION; ROCK BRITTLENESS; ROCK PROPERTIES; ROCK SAMPLE; ROCK STRENGTH; STANDARD TESTING; UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; UNIT WEIGHT;

BRITTLENESS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EXCAVATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY SYSTEMS; METAL ANALYSIS; MINING; MODEL STRUCTURES; PLASTICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ROCKS;

EID: 70449523078     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.07.046     Document Type: Article

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