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  1. Editorial for the Special Issue “Mine Automation and New Technologies”

    Article • Mining, February 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh, Dr Phillip M Stothard

  2. State-Of-The-Art Path Optimisation for Automated Open-Pit Mining Drill Rigs: A Deterministic Approach

    Article • Applied Sciences, January 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  3. Toward Sustainable Mining: Exploring Alternative Mineral Resources and Innovative Extraction Techniques

    Article • Mining, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  4. Deep Learning for Predicting Surface Elevation Change in Tailings Storage Facilities from UAV-Derived DEMs

    Article • Applied Sciences, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh, Dr Phillip M Stothard

  5. Data-Driven Approach for Intelligent Classification of Tunnel Surrounding Rock Using Integrated Fractal and Machine Learning Methods

    Article • Fractal and Fractional, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  6. Advanced AI-Powered Solutions for Predicting Blast-Induced Flyrock, Backbreak, and Rock Fragmentation

    Article • Mining Metallurgy & Exploration, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  7. Intelligent Approaches for Predicting the Intact Rock Mechanical Parameters and Crack Stress Thresholds

    Article • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  8. Mine Closure Surveillance and Feasibility of UAV–AI–MR Technology: A Review Study

    Article • Minerals, January 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Phillip M Stothard, Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  9. Hybridized intelligent multi-class classifiers for rockburst risk assessment in deep underground mines

    Article • Neural Computing and Applications, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  10. Internal Friction Angle of Cohesionless Binary Mixture Sand–Granular Rubber Using Experimental Study and Machine Learning

    Article • Geosciences, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  11. Modeling the Effects of Particle Shape on Damping Ratio of Dry Sand by Simple Shear Testing and Artificial Intelligence

    Article • Applied Sciences, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  12. Experimental-AI Investigation of the Effect of Particle Shape on the Damping Ratio of Dry Sand under Simple Shear Test Loading

    Article • March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  13. Towards an integrated UAV-AI-MR technology for mine rehabilitation surveillance

    Article • Mining Technology Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, February 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh, Dr Phillip M Stothard

  14. Investigation of the Relationship Between Texture Coefficient and Electrical Current Consumption of the Cutting Machine with Different Lubricants and Cooling Fluids

    Article • Journal of Computational and Cognitive Engineering, September 2022, BON VIEW PUBLISHING PTE

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  15. A data-driven field-scale approach to estimate the permeability of fractured rocks

    Article • International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment, June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  16. Progressive Damage Evolution in Rocks Subjected to Post-peak Cyclic Loading History

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, February 2022, ASTM International

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  17. Fatigue Failure Characteristics of Sandstone Under Different Confining Pressures

    Article • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  18. Failure Behaviour of a Sandstone Subjected to the Systematic Cyclic Loading: Insights from the Double-Criteria Damage-Controlled Test Method

    Article • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  19. Post-peak behaviour of rocks under cyclic loading using a double-criteria damage-controlled test method

    Article • Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  20. Rockburst assessment in deep geotechnical conditions using true-triaxial tests and data-driven approaches

    Article • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  21. A new conventional criterion for the performance evaluation of gang saw machines

    Article • Measurement, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  22. Application of self-organizing map and fuzzy c-mean techniques for rockburst clustering in deep underground projects

    Article • Neural Computing and Applications, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  23. Long-term prediction of rockburst hazard in deep underground openings using three robust data mining techniques

    Article • Engineering With Computers, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  24. Development of GP and GEP models to estimate an environmental issue induced by blasting operation

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  25. Roadheader performance prediction using genetic programming (GP) and gene expression programming (GEP) techniques

    Article • Environmental Earth Sciences, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  26. Performance prediction of tunnel boring machine through developing a gene expression programming equation

    Article • Engineering With Computers, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  27. An expert system based on hybrid ICA-ANN technique to estimate macerals contents of Indian coals

    Article • Environmental Earth Sciences, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  28. Prediction and minimization of blast-induced ground vibration using two robust meta-heuristic algorithms

    Article • Engineering With Computers, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  29. Semi-autogenous mill power model development using gene expression programming

    Article • Powder Technology, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  30. Development of a precise model for prediction of blast-induced flyrock using regression tree technique

    Article • Environmental Earth Sciences, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  31. TBM performance estimation using a classification and regression tree (CART) technique

    Article • Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  32. Settlement prediction of the rock-socketed piles through a new technique based on gene expression programming

    Article • Neural Computing and Applications, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  33. Genetic programming and gene expression programming for flyrock assessment due to mine blasting

    Article • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  34. Forecasting blast-induced ground vibration developing a CART model

    Article • Engineering With Computers, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  35. Prediction and minimization of blast-induced flyrock using gene expression programming and firefly algorithm

    Article • Neural Computing and Applications, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  36. An optimized ANN model based on genetic algorithm for predicting ripping production

    Article • Neural Computing and Applications, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  37. Risk Assessment and Prediction of Flyrock Distance by Combined Multiple Regression Analysis and Monte Carlo Simulation of Quarry Blasting

    Article • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  38. Classification and regression tree technique in estimating peak particle velocity caused by blasting

    Article • Engineering With Computers, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  39. Function development for appraising brittleness of intact rocks using genetic programming and non-linear multiple regression models

    Article • Engineering With Computers, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  40. Prediction of the uniaxial compressive strength of sandstone using various modeling techniques

    Article • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  41. A new model based on gene expression programming to estimate air flow in a single rock joint

    Article • Environmental Earth Sciences, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ranjith Pathegama Gamage, Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  42. Prediction of ground vibration due to quarry blasting based on gene expression programming: a new model for peak particle velocity prediction

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  43. Modification and prediction of blast-induced ground vibrations based on both empirical and computational techniques

    Article • Engineering With Computers, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  44. Development of a new model for predicting flyrock distance in quarry blasting: a genetic programming technique

    Article • Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  45. Rock strength assessment based on regression tree technique

    Article • Engineering With Computers, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  46. Prediction of blast-induced air overpressure: a hybrid AI-based predictive model

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  47. Combination of neural network and ant colony optimization algorithms for prediction and optimization of flyrock and back-break induced by blasting

    Article • Engineering With Computers, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

  48. Genetic programing and non-linear multiple regression techniques to predict backbreak in blasting operation

    Article • Engineering With Computers, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh