Prediction of backbreak in open-pit blasting using fuzzy set theory

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2637-2643

  Monjezi, M ^a   Rezaei, M ^a   Yazdian, A ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Backbreak; Fuzzy model; Gol E Gohar iron mine; Regression model

Indexed keywords

BACKBREAK; BLASTING OPERATIONS; COEFFICIENT OF CORRELATION; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; FUZZY MODEL; FUZZY MODELS; GOL-E-GOHAR IRON MINE; HARD ROCK MINING; HOLE DEPTH; MINING OPERATIONS; MULTIVARIABLE REGRESSION; OPEN-PIT BLASTING; PREDICTIVE MODELS; REGRESSION MODEL; ROCK-MASS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; TOTAL COSTS;

BLASTING; COST REDUCTION; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; IRON MINES; MINES; MINING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449528486     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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