Application of artificial intelligence techniques for predicting the flyrock distance caused by blasting operation

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 193-202

  Ghasemi, Ebrahim ^a   Amini, Hasel ^a   Ataei, Mohammad ^a   Khalokakaei, Reza ^a  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence (AI); Artificial neural network (ANN); Blasting operation; Flyrock distance; Fuzzy logic

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLASTING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MINING INDUSTRY; ROCK BLOCK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IRAN;

EID: 84891555136     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0703-6     Document Type: Article

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