A hybrid ensemble model of kriging and neural network for ore grade estimation
Titel:
A hybrid ensemble model of kriging and neural network for ore grade estimation
Auteur:
Dutta, S. Misra, D. Ganguli, R. Samanta, B. Bandopadhyay, S.
Verschenen in:
International journal of mining, reclamation and environment
Paginering:
Jaargang 20 (2006) nr. 1 pagina's 33-45
Jaar:
2006-03-01
Inhoud:
This paper presents a new hybrid methodology involving kriging and artificial neural network for ore grade estimation of two variables namely, Al2O3% and SiO2%, in a bauxite deposit. The dataset was divided into three statistically similar subsets: training, calibration and validation sets using a genetic algorithm. The proposed hybrid ensemble model was formed using a kriging model and several neural network models. The outputs of these component models were combined using two methods to produce a unified prediction. The results indicated that the hybrid model was not a better estimator than the kriging model for the variable Al2O3%. However, it provides slightly better performance in comparison to any of the other component models in the ensemble for the variable SiO2%.