Exploring the relation between production factors, ore grades, and life of mine for forecasting mining capital cost through a novel cascade forward neural network-based salp swarm optimization model - Zheng, Xiaolei; Nguyen, Hoang; Bui, Xuan-Nam (Resources policy, 2021)
Keywords: Accuracy; Algorithms; Artificial neural networks; Capital costs; Cascade feedforward neural network; Classification; Economic forecasting; Forecasting; Life of mine; Mathematical models; Mining; Mining capital cost; Mining industry; Networks; Neural networks; Open pit mining; Optimization; Optimization models; Ore grades; Parameters; Production; Production factors; Regression analysis; Root-mean-square errors; Salp swarm optimization; Sensitivity analysis; Support vector machines; Cascade feedforward neural network; Salp swarm optimization; Production factors; Ore grades; Life of mine; Mining capital cost