Prediction of blast-induced flyrock in Indian limestone mines using neural networks

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 447-454

  Trivedi, R ^a   Singh, T N ^b   Raina, A K ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network (ANN); Blasting; Burden; Flyrock; Opencast mining; Specific charge; Stemming

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BACK PROPAGATION; BLASTING; LIMESTONE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPENCAST MINING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INDIA;

EID: 84925288400     PISSN: 16747755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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