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Comparison Between Neural Networks and Multiple Regression Analysis to Predict Rock Fragmentation in Open-Pit Mines

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Acknowledgments

The authors sincerely thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and highly valuable suggestions that greatly helped to improve the first version of the paper. All of their suggestions were incorporated directly in the revised paper. The authors would like to thank Reza Ebrahimipour (Blasting Engineer), Hamid Mohammadi (Rock Mechanics Engineer), and Kousha Maadan Co. from Gol-e-Gohar mine who kindly provided valuable suggestions during this research. The authors would also like to thank Mohammadreza Moradidoost, who kindly provided valuable grammatical suggestions during this research.

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  1. Department of Mining Engineering, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Iman Enayatollahi & Ahamad Asadi

  2. Department of Mining Engineering, Savadkooh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Savadkooh, Iran

    Abbas Aghajani Bazzazi

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Enayatollahi, I., Aghajani Bazzazi, A. & Asadi, A. Comparison Between Neural Networks and Multiple Regression Analysis to Predict Rock Fragmentation in Open-Pit Mines. Rock Mech Rock Eng 47, 799–807 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-013-0415-6

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