Prediction and minimization of blast-induced flyrock using gene expression programming and firefly algorithm

• Main Authors: Faradonbeh, Roohollah Shirani, Armaghani, Danial Jahed, Amnieh, Hassan Bakhshandeh, Mohamad, Edy Tonnizam
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer-Verlag London Ltd 2016
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/72812/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84983479213&doi=10.1007%2fs00521-016-2537-8&partnerID=40&md5=c404eb87bce8755ec1b119a4e9f6df0d

The main objective of blasting operations is to provide proper rock fragmentation and to avoid undesirable environmental impacts such as flyrock. Flyrock is the source of most of the injuries and property damage in a majority of blasting accidents in surface mines. Therefore, proper prediction and s...