Research Catalog

Title

23rd application of computers and operations research in the mineral industry / Y.C. Kim, editor ; sponsored by the University of Arizona.

Publication

Littleton, Colo. : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 1992.

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Additional Authors

• Kim, Y. C.
• University of Arizona.
• International Symposium on the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industries (23rd : 1992 : Tucson, Ariz.)

Description

xv, 981 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Alternative Title

• Twenty-third application of computers and operations research in the mineral industry
• Application of computers and operations research in the mineral industry

Subjects

• Mining engineering > Data processing
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Mining engineering > Data processing > Congresses
• Expert systems (Computer science) > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• "Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry (APCOM) held in Tucson, AZ, USA, from April 7 to 11, 1992."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Keynote Session -- Computer imaging in the mineral industry: beyond mere aesthetics / A. Journel -- Mineral Exploration -- Statistical trends and discoverability modeling of gold deposits in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Ontario / M.C. Stanley -- Estimation of exploration potential of a metallogenic unit by parametric modeling of the distribution of mineral occurrences when exploration is incomplete. Case study: Walker Lake Quadrangle of Nevada and California / T.B. Wilson and D.P. Harris -- Comparison of neural network paradigms for classification of TM Images / M. Poulton and K. Zaverton -- In-Situ Recovery Processes -- Geostatistical analysis of dynamic transmissivity conditions during in situ copper leaching / M.J. Friedel, R.D. Schmidt, P.M. Jones, and Y.C. Kim -- Tomographic computer programs with constraints to improve the reliability of reconstructions with crosshole data / D.R. Tweeton, K.S. Roessler, and M.J. Jackson -- Computer assisted in situ leaching experiments for copper oxide ores / G. Onur and J.B. Hiskey -- Project Evaluation and Control -- Financial analysis software as a decision making tool in the mining industry / C.A. Roberts -- Mine investment analysis by the generation of profitability movements / S. Frimpong and J.M. Whiting -- A model for the evaluation of leasing proposals for mining investments / N. Celebi, A.I. Karabas, and A.G. Pasamehmetoglu -- A decision support system for the management of the mineral resources of a developing country / C.D. Schene and R.J. Gochin -- Decay analysis -- a tool for determination of drill hole contamination / N.B. Prenn -- Location -- allocation theory and the problem of selecting a location for development of building materials in open pits / S. Vujic and N. Mladenovic -- Mining method selection techniques -- requirements for successful solutions / R. Oberndorfer -- Cutoff grade optimization / K. Dagdelen -- Geostatistics for the Mineral Industry I -- Advances in the practical impementation of indicator geostatistics / C.V. Deutsch and R.W. Lewis -- Outlier restricted kriging: a new kriging algorithm for handling of outlier high grade data in ore reserve estimation / A. Arik -- Measuring departure from Gaussian assumptions in spatial processes / M.E. Rossi and D. Posa -- Separated kriging and stochastic simulation in planning and coal content production control / S. Markic, D. Pirtovsek, and M. Perisic -- Implementation of indicator kriging at Newmont Gold Company / S.F. Hoerger.
• Geostatistics for the Mineral Industry II -- Spatial characterization and sampling of mine wastes / M.L. Smith -- The consequences of block size decisions in ore body modelling / D.E. Hulse -- The relative rating of macro kriging and other techniques as applied to borehole valuations of new gold mines / D.G. Krige and W. Assibey-Bonsu -- Enhanced metal recovery through improved grade control / R.M. Srivastava, D.R. Hartzell, and B.M. Davis -- Recoverable reserves evaluation of a phosphate deposit through orebody modelling and selection process simulation / G. Raspa, R. Bruno, and E. Lopes Da Silva -- Conditional simulation as a tool for mine planning: a case study / A.Z. Remacre, V.M.N. Feitosa, and J.S. Pires -- Automation and Robotics -- Toward full automation of open pit mine operation / L.T. Zoschke and J.W. White -- A control system for roof drilling / G.A. Takach, Jr., S.P. Morris, and G.M. Miller -- Continuous miner motor monitoring system / J.R. Thalimer, G.T. Homce, and J.J. McClelland -- Automated geophysical sensing and data processing roof drill / E.M. Frizzell, W.L. Howie, and T.W. Smelser -- Strategic objectives for the optimal utilization of planning and/or systems within Ruhrkohle AG / W. Fritz, F. Kopyczynski, and W. Ostermann -- Information and computer systems in the gold mines of the industrial complex "Kazzoloto" / L.A. Bakhvalov, G.M. Mutanov, and M.A. Murtazaev -- Automatized excavator-dragline / L.A. Puchkov and L.D. Pevzner -- Ground Control and Rock Fragmentation -- Roof support selection using computer simulation / R. Fraher and C. Haycocks -- Computer simulations of roof and support behavior in coal strata / A. Vervoort -- A CAD system for blast design in surface mines / W. Wu -- The Plate-and-Bar Model of rock mass in copper ore exploitation designing / J. Walaszczyk and L. Gawlik -- Study of geometrical properties of blocks in a jointed rock mass using statistical geometry / V. Pavlova -- A statistical model for assessing the risk of subsidence above abandoned mines / J.A. Cervantes and Y.C. Kim.
• Mine Design and Planning I -- A fast algorithm to solve the ultimate pit problem / T.M. Yegulalp and J.A. Arias -- An algorithm to estimate the optimal evoluation of an open pit mine / B. Tolwinski and R. Underwood -- Optimising open pit design and sequencing / P.A. Dowd and A.H. Onur -- A new optimum pit limit design algorithm / Y. Zhao and Y.C. Kim -- Open pit optimization considering an underground alternative / J.P. Camus -- A computer design of ultimate pit limit by using transportation algorithm / P. Huttagosol and R.E. Cameron -- Enhanced production planning in open pit mining through intelligent dynamic search / Q. Wang and H. Sevim -- Mine Design and Planning II -- Sensitivity analysis of 3-D model block dimensions in the economic open pit limit design / W.L. Cai -- Open pit short term mine planning for grade control -- a combination of CAD techniques and linear programming / C. Mann and F.L. Wilke -- Combined approach for surface mine short term planning optimization -- Y. Zhang, Q. Cai, L. Wu, and D. Zhang -- The development of an interactive computer graphics package to assist with dragline mine planning / L.H. Michaud -- Developments in linear programming applications at Cyprus Minerals Company / R. Jerez and S.V. Tivy -- Optimization for the determination of transportation system in open-pit mines / Q.X. Yun and C.W. Lu -- Mineral Processing and Plant Operation -- Flowsheet Simulation -- Exciting trends for an idea mineral process simulator / K.V.S. Sastry -- Advances in the design and optimization of mineral processing plants / J.-C. Guillaneau, J. Villeneuve, and P. Blot -- A rational approach to computerized optimization of mineral processing plants / J.M. Richardson -- The use of object oriented programming for the simulation of mineral processing systems / W. Stange -- Computer-aided design in mineral processing / F. de Oliveira Durao -- Separation characteristics estimation using feed and products mass distributions / A.I.A. Salama -- Conditional simulation method for design by blending piles / F.M. Ferreira, A.P. Chaves, and H. Delboni, Jr.
• Mineral Processing and Plant Operation -- Process Control -- Control strategies for ring-roller type mineral pulverizers using computers / S. Cho, G.L. Tonkay, and A.K. Bhowmick -- Computer based input-output modelling for autogenous mill control / R.E. Lurie and I. MacLeod -- The use of multiple on-line ash analyzers for quality control of coking coal and power station coal production at Grootegeluk Coal Mine / T. de Lange -- Complex system for coal quality determination / M. Cervenka -- Computer Graphics -- Graphics enhancements to public domain software / B. Ceccarelli and J. Lonergan -- Graphic algorithms in an object-oriented hydrology model / M.E. Salovich, P.K. Mathison, D.C. Hollar, and J.D. Conrad -- Interactive evaluation of linear octree encoded deposit models / P.R.G. Bak, D.L. Cram, and R. Prissag -- CADRIL, The Introductory CAD program for minor size mines / Z. Jamsek -- Mine Operations and Scheduling I -- A PC-based mine store inventory database system / E.Y. Baafi -- Proportional hazards model: a useful tool for the analysis of a mining system / D. Kumar and U. Kumar -- Computerized planning and recording of personnel and physical resources deployment in opencaset lignite mining operations / G. Milojcic -- Using METAFORA to evaluate the transport system in a Swedish open pit mine / B. Forsman, N. Vagenas, and C. Lindstrom -- On improving truck/shovel productivity in open pit mines / J.W. White and J.P. Olson -- Real time grade control in mine-planning and production / S.W. Houlding -- Mine Operations and Scheduling II -- An EDP-model of open pit short term production scheduling optimization for stratiform orebodies / E.K.C. Chanda and F.L. Wilke -- Dynamic programming in mine planning and production scheduling / F.H. Muge, N. Santos, J.L. Vieira and L. Cortez -- Optimization models for scheduling ore and waste production in open pit mines / S. Tan and R.V. Ramani -- Computer simulation of availablity of Longwall Production Systems / W. Guo and C. Lu -- Computer optimization of service hoisting plants / F. Runovc and F. Vidergar.
• Management Applications of Expert Systems/Decision Support Systems -- A learning algorithm for an intelligent decision support system in a dynamic mining environment / P.J.A. Lever -- The mine management support system / R.L. Grayson and R.S. Nutter, Jr. -- Coal mining models in transition from centrally planned to market economy / W. Suwala, L. Gawlik, and D. Lenczowska -- Development and construction of the intrumental simulation system and the system of ecological prediction while building and operating mines / V.A. Khartcenko and S.A. Redkosubov -- Technical Applications of Expert Systems/Decision Support Systems -- The DEAREX knowledge acquisition and engineering system -- a teaching and exploration tool for developing expert systems for use in desert areas / M.J. Shulman -- Improved geo-sensing using artificial intelligence techniques for tomographic interpretation / K.S. Roessler -- The simulation of ill-defined processing operations using connectionist networks / T.J. van der Walt, J.S.J. van Deventer, E. Barnard and G.D. Oosthuizen -- Evaluation of coal mine roof supports using artificial intelligence / S.P. Signer and R.L. King -- Expert Systems for Mine Planning -- Evaluation of a prototype expert system for configuing underground coal mines / A.J. Basu and G.T. Lineberry -- An object-oriented expert system for underground mining method selection and project evaluation / T.W. Camm and M.L. Smith -- Software for hydrologic monitoring of an in situ leaching operations / P.K. Mathison, F.B. Murphy, E. Level, and M.E. Salovich -- Mine Environmental Monitoring and Control -- Mining ventilation: expert system based operative control / L.A. Puchkov and I.O. Temkin -- Integrated systems of automated operational dispatcher control over coal mining enterprise using expert systems / N.I. Fedunets -- A flexible expert system to assist choice of countermeasures for prevention of emergency in underground coal mine / Y. Tominaga, Y. Komamura, and T. Tanaka -- Coal mining environment-computerized monitoring systems / B. Vorbjev -- The related information approach to the integration of diverse geological data and mineral resources estimation / G. Pan -- Author index.

ISBN

• 087335110X
• 9780873351102

LCCN

91068323

OCLC

• ocm26335886
• 26335886
• SCSB-5868363

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