Geophysical Methods: Remote Techniques Applied to Mining-Related Environmental and Engineering Problems

Application of Geophysical Techniques to Minerals-related Environmental Problems

Engineering Solutions to Environmental Problems

Software Engineering applied to Manufacturing Problems

Optimization approaches have traditionally been viewed as tools for solving manufacturing problems, the optimization approach is not suitable for many problems arising in modern manufacturing systems due to their complexity and involvement of qualitative factors. In this paper we use a tool of software engineering applied to manufacturing problems. We use the Heuristics Lab software to determin...

Monte Carlo Methods in Geophysical Inverse Problems

[1] Monte Carlo inversion techniques were first used by Earth scientists more than 30 years ago. Since that time they have been applied to a wide range of problems, from the inversion of free oscillation data for whole Earth seismic structure to studies at the meter-scale lengths encountered in exploration seismology. This paper traces the development and application of Monte Carlo methods for ...

HYBRID TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO OPTIl\tIIZATION PROBLEMS

A function dependent on the solution of a set of differential equations containing adjust~ able parameters, can be minimized by systematic search procedures in parameter space. Such procedures can be implemented by a hybrid system consisting of a general purpose analog computer and a digital expansion providing parallel logic building blocks. Programming of such a system is illustrated for a si...