Abstract
Air overpressure (AOp) is one of the most adverse effects induced by blasting in the surface mines and civil projects. So, proper evaluation and estimation of the AOp is important for minimizing the environmental problems resulting from blasting. The main aim of this study is to estimate AOp produced by blasting operation in Miduk copper mine, Iran, developing two artificial intelligence models, i.e., genetic programming (GP) and gene expression programming (GEP). Then, the accuracy of the GP and GEP models has been compared to multiple linear regression (MLR) and three empirical models. For this purpose, 92 blasting events were investigated, and subsequently, the AOp values were carefully measured. Moreover, in each operation, the values of maximum charge per delay and distance from blast points, as two effective parameters on the AOp, were measured. After predicting by the predictive models, their performance prediction was checked in terms of variance account for (VAF), coefficient of determination (CoD), and root mean square error (RMSE). Finally, it was found that the GEP with VAF of 94.12%, CoD of 0.941, and RMSE of 0.06 is a more precise model than other predictive models for the AOp prediction in the Miduk copper mine, and it can be introduced as a new powerful tool for estimating the AOp resulting from blasting.
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Abbreviations
- ANN:
-
Artificial neural network
- AOp:
-
Air overpressure
- CoD:
-
Coefficient of determination
- CPs:
-
Computer programs
- D:
-
Distance between monitoring station and blast point
- EAs:
-
Evolutionary algorithms
- ETs:
-
Expression trees
- F:
-
Function set
- GA:
-
Genetic algorithm
- GEP:
-
Gene expression programming
- GP:
-
Genetic programming
- ICA:
-
Imperialist competitive algorithm
- MC:
-
Maximum charge used per delay
- MLR:
-
Multiple linear regression
- PSO:
-
Particle swarm optimization
- RMSE:
-
Root mean square error
- T:
-
Terminal set
- USBM:
-
US Bureau of Mines
- VAF:
-
Variance account for
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Faradonbeh, R.S., Hasanipanah, M., Amnieh, H.B. et al. Development of GP and GEP models to estimate an environmental issue induced by blasting operation. Environ Monit Assess 190, 351 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-6719-y
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