Assessment of rock slope stability using the fuzzy slope mass rating (FSMR) system

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4465-4473

  Daftaribesheli, Abbas ^a   Ataei, Mohammad ^b   Sereshki, Farhang ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Back analysis; Fuzzy set; Open pit mine; RMR; Rock slope stability; SMR classification

Indexed keywords

BACK ANALYSIS; FUZZY ALGORITHMS; MAMDANI; OPEN PIT MINE; OPEN PIT MINES; RMR; ROCK MASS RATING; ROCK SLOPE STABILITY; SETS THEORY; SLOPE INSTABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; OPEN PIT MINING; RATING; ROCKS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 80053576195     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2011.08.032     Document Type: Article

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