Numerical modelling of mine workings.

Abstract

This report covers the production of a general reference handbook of numerical modelling for the South African mining industry, with particular reference to the gold and platinum industries. It also covers a research sub-project investigating the use of expert systems and intelligent user interfaces to aid in the process of numerical modelling. Although the bulk of the project involved the production of the numerical modeling handbook, most of this report concerns the expert system and user interface subproject. This is because the handbook is essentially self-documenting, and the expert system and user interface sub-project is not documented elsewhere.