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A new combination of artificial neural network and K-nearest neighbors models to predict blast-induced ground vibration and air-overpressure

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Blasting operation is widely used method for rock excavation in mining and civil works. Ground vibration and air-overpressure (AOp) are two of the most detrimental effects induced by blasting. So, evaluation and prediction of ground vibration and AOp are essential. This paper presents a new combination of artificial neural network (ANN) and K-nearest neighbors (KNN) models to predict blast-induced ground vibration and AOp. Here, this combination is abbreviated using ANN-KNN. To indicate performance of the ANN-KNN model in predicting ground vibration and AOp, a pre-developed ANN as well as two empirical equations, presented by United States Bureau of Mines (USBM), were developed. To construct the mentioned models, maximum charge per delay (MC) and distance between blast face and monitoring station (D) were set as input parameters, whereas AOp and peak particle velocity (PPV), as a vibration index, were considered as output parameters. A database consisting of 75 datasets, obtained from the Shur river dam, Iran, was utilized to develop the mentioned models. In terms of using three performance indices, namely coefficient correlation (R 2), root mean square error and variance account for, the superiority of the ANN-KNN model was proved in comparison with the ANN and USBM equations.

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

    Maryam Amiri & Leyli Mohammad Khanli

  2. School of Mining, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, 11155-4563, Iran

    Hassan Bakhshandeh Amnieh

  3. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran

    Mahdi Hasanipanah

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Amiri, M., Bakhshandeh Amnieh, H., Hasanipanah, M. et al. A new combination of artificial neural network and K-nearest neighbors models to predict blast-induced ground vibration and air-overpressure. Engineering with Computers 32, 631–644 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-016-0442-5

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