Neuro-fuzzy modeling in engineering geology

In the last stage of the research project 'Wear of rock cutting tool' we have focused on the development of a soft modeling framework to approach complex engineering geological problems. The modeling framework adopted here seeks for a proper synergism among various methods to make the system complexity manageable and simultaneously construct realist models. It is composed of several components such as statistical methods, fuzzy set theory and approximate reasoning theory, rule-based fuzzy modeling, and derivative-based optimization techniques. The methodology developed in this research has been applied to various real-world engineering geological projects.