Developing a new fuzzy model to predict burden from rock geomechanical properties

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 9266-9273

  Monjezi, M ^a   Rezaei, M ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Burden; Mamdani fuzzy system; Mouteh gold mine

Indexed keywords

BLAST DESIGN; BLASTABILITY INDEX; BLASTING OPERATIONS; BURDEN; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; COHESIVE STRENGTH; COMPLEX PROBLEMS; DATA SETS; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; FUZZY MODELS; GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MAMDANI FUZZY SYSTEM; MODEL INPUTS; MOUTEH GOLD MINE; PREDICTION ACCURACY; ROCK QUALITY DESIGNATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SURFACE MINES; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FORECASTING; FUZZY SETS; GOLD; GOLD MINES; ROCKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 79953711115     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.01.029     Document Type: Article

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