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The authors propose a number of modified versions of well-known multicriterion optimization methods and discuss their application to select an optimal underground chromite mining technique.
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Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, No.4, pp. 78–89, July–August, 2008.
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Yavuz, M., Alpay, S. Underground mining technique selection by multicriterion optimization methods. J Min Sci 44, 391–401 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10913-008-0043-9
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