Stochastic modeling approach for the evaluation of backbreak due to blasting operations in open pit mines

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 771-783

  Sari, Mehmet ^a   Ghasemi, Ebrahim ^b   Ataei, Mohammad ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Backbreak; Controllable blasting parameters; Monte Carlo (MC) method; Multiple regression; Sensitivity analysis; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

BACKBREAK; BLASTING OPERATIONS; BLASTING PARAMETERS; CONTROLLABLE BLASTING PARAMETERS; CONTROLLABLE PARAMETERS; GEOMETRIC STIFFNESS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS;

BLASTING; COPPER MINES; EXPLOSIVES; FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BLASTING; DATABASE; MINE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IRAN;

EID: 84896844254     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-013-0438-z     Document Type: Article

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