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Blasting is an intrinsic component of mining cycle of operation. However, it is usually associated with negative environmental effects such as blast-induced ground vibration (BIGV) which require accurate prediction and control. Therefore, in this study, Gaussian process regression (GPR) has been proposed for prediction of BIGV in terms of peak particle velocity (PPV), while grey-wolf optimization (GWO) algorithm has been used to optimize the blast-design parameters for the control of BIGV in Obajana limestone quarry, Nigeria. The blast-design parameters such as burden (B), spacing (S), hole depth (Hd), stemming length (T), and number of holes (nh) were obtained from the quarry. The distance from the blasting point to the measuring point (D) and the charge per delay (W) were measured and determined, respectively. The PPV was also measured for the number of blasting operations witnessed. These seven parameters were used as inputs to the proposed GPR model, while the PPV was the targeted output. The performance of the proposed model was evaluated using some statistical indices. The output of the GPR model was compared with ANN model and three empirical models, and the GPR model proved to be more accurate with the coefficient of determination (R2) of approximately 1 and variance accounted for VAF of about 100%, respectively. In addition, the GWO was also developed to select the optimum blasting parameters using the ANN model for the generation of objective function. The output of the GWO revealed that if the number of holes (nh) can be reduced by 45% and W by 8%, the PPV will be reduced by about 94%. Hence, the proposed models are both suitable for prediction of PPV and optimization of blast-design parameters.
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This work was supported by Korea Research Fellowship Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (2019H1D3A1A01102993).
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Lawal, A.I., Olajuyi, S.I., Kwon, S. et al. Prediction of blast-induced ground vibration using GPR and blast-design parameters optimization based on novel grey-wolf optimization algorithm. Acta Geophys. 69, 1313–1324 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-021-00607-4
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