Stochastic modeling of gob gas venthole production performances in active and completed longwall panels of coal mines

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-140

  Karacan, C Özgen ^a   Luxbacher, Kray ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gob gas ventholes; Longwall mining; Methane control; Monte Carlo simulation; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

COALMINING OPERATIONS; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; GOB GAS VENTHOLES; GOODNESS OF FIT; INFLUENCING PARAMETERS; INPUT PARAMETER; INTEGRAL PART; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV; LONGWALL PANEL; LONGWALLS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTIPARAMETERS; OPERATION PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE DATA; PERFORMANCE VARIABILITY; PREDICTION CAPABILITY; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; RANDOM VARIATION; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOFTWARE SUITE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC MODELING; UNDERGROUND WORKING;

COAL MINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; LONGWALL MINING; METHANE; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

COAL MINE; COAL MINING; LONGWALL MINING; METHANE; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 77957886762     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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