A comparative study on the application of various artificial neural networks to simultaneous prediction of rock fragmentation and backbreak

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 318-324

  Sayadi, A ^a   Monjezi, M ^b   Talebi, N ^a   Khandelwal, Manoj ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c MAHARANA PRATAP UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Back propagation; Backbreak; Radial basis function; Rock fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BACK PROPAGATION; BLASTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRAGMENTATION; LIMESTONE; MINE; MINING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS;

IRAN;

EID: 84925288379     PISSN: 16747755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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