Development of a fuzzy model to predict flyrock in surface mining

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 298-305

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

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flyrock; Fuzzy model; Gol E Gohar iron mine; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

BLASTING OPERATIONS; DATA SETS; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; EMPIRICAL METHOD; FLYROCK; FUZZY MODELS; GOL-E-GOHAR IRON MINE; MAMDANI FUZZY MODELS; MINE BLASTING; ROCK DENSITY; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL MODELS; SURFACE MINING;

BLASTING; FORECASTING; FUZZY SETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

IRON MINES;

IRON;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPLOSION; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE MINING;

EID: 78049426643     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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