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Some notes on operations research and computer applications in the coal industry / by Kenneth K. Humphreys, Joseph W. Leonard and John A. Buttermore
Bib ID 4555879
Format BookBook
Author
Humphreys, Kenneth King
 
Description Morgantown, W. Va. : Coal Research Bureau, West Virginia University, 1970?-1971? 
12 parts ; 28 cm. 
Series

Technical report (West Virginia University. Coal Research Bureau) ; 64-75.

Full contents
  • Part 1. Introduction
  • Part 2. Simple computer applications to mining and preparation problems
  • Part 3. Use of a D0 L00P to simplify computer programs
  • Part 4. Use of an "IF statement" in computer programming
  • Part 5. Introduction to statistical analysis
  • Part 6. Mathematical models
  • Part 7. An introduction to Monte-Carlo simulation
  • Part 8. A generalized FORTRAN program for Monte-Carlo simulation
  • Part 9. Example of the use of the WVU Monte-Carlo simulator
  • Part 10. Programming a computer to perform complex coal washability and froth flotation calculations and to automatically plot all washability curves
 
Notes

Originally appeared in Coal Age under the title "Computers for coal"

Subjects Coal mines and mining -- Data processing.
Other authors/contributors Leonard, Joseph W  |  Buttermore, John A  |  West Virginia University. Coal Research Bureau

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