A novel fuzzy inference system for predicting roof fall rate in underground coal mines

Safety Science

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-33

  Razani, Mojtaba ^a   Yazdani Chamzini, Abdolreza ^a   Yakhchali, Siamak Haji ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

ANN; FIS; MVR; Roof fall rate; Underground coal mines

Indexed keywords

ANN; FIS; MVR; ROOF FALL; UNDERGROUND COAL MINE;

COAL MINES; FORECASTING; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NEURAL NETWORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ROOFS;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COAL MINING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FUZZY SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873119843     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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