Publication year: 2011 Source: Computers and Geotechnics, Volume 38, Issue 6, September 2011, Pages 783-790 H. Jalalifar, S. Mojedifar, A.A. Sahebi, H. Nezamabadi-pour The rock engineering classification system is based on six parameters defined by Bieniawski, who employed parallel sets of linguistic and numerical criteria that were acknowledged to influence the behaviour of rock masses and the stability of rock structures.
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Application of the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for prediction of a rock engineering classification system