A hybrid neural networks-fuzzy logic-genetic algorithm for grade estimation

The grade estimation is a quite important and money/time-consuming stage in a mine project, which is considered as a challenge for the geologists and mining engineers due to the structural complexities in mineral ore deposits. To overcome this problem, several artificial intelligence techniques such...

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Vydáno v:Computers & geosciences Ročník 42; s. 18 - 27
Hlavní autoři: Tahmasebi, Pejman, Hezarkhani, Ardeshir
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2012
Pergamon Press
Témata:
Adaptive systems
algorithms
Artificial neural networks
case studies
Coactive neuro-fuzzy inference system (CANFIS)
computers
Fuzzy logic
Genetic algorithm
Genetic algorithms
Grade estimation
Iran
Learning theory
Mathematical models
mineralogy
mining
momentum
Networks
Neural networks
Parallel optimization
Iran
Coactive neuro-fuzzy inference system (CANFIS)
Genetic algorithm
Parallel optimization
Grade estimation
Artificial neural networks
ISSN:0098-3004, 1873-7803
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Shrnutí:The grade estimation is a quite important and money/time-consuming stage in a mine project, which is considered as a challenge for the geologists and mining engineers due to the structural complexities in mineral ore deposits. To overcome this problem, several artificial intelligence techniques such as Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and Fuzzy Logic (FL) have recently been employed with various architectures and properties. However, due to the constraints of both methods, they yield the desired results only under the specific circumstances. As an example, one major problem in FL is the difficulty of constructing the membership functions (MFs).Other problems such as architecture and local minima could also be located in ANN designing. Therefore, a new methodology is presented in this paper for grade estimation. This method which is based on ANN and FL is called “Coactive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System” (CANFIS) which combines two approaches, ANN and FL. The combination of these two artificial intelligence approaches is achieved via the verbal and numerical power of intelligent systems. To improve the performance of this system, a Genetic Algorithm (GA) – as a well-known technique to solve the complex optimization problems – is also employed to optimize the network parameters including learning rate, momentum of the network and the number of MFs for each input. A comparison of these techniques (ANN, Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System or ANFIS) with this new method (CANFIS–GA) is also carried out through a case study in Sungun copper deposit, located in East-Azerbaijan, Iran. The results show that CANFIS–GA could be a faster and more accurate alternative to the existing time-consuming methodologies for ore grade estimation and that is, therefore, suggested to be applied for grade estimation in similar problems. [Display omitted] ► We developed and applied a hybrid neural network for grade estimation. ► The new method is composed of ANN, FL and GA. ► This method removes the limitation of hybrid neural-fuzzy networks. ► The proposed hybrid network has less user-dependent parameters.
Bibliografie:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2012.02.004
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ISSN:0098-3004
1873-7803
DOI:10.1016/j.cageo.2012.02.004