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Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy
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Automated lithological classification using UAV and machine learning on an open cast mine

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Pages 79-88 | Received 20 Nov 2018, Accepted 30 Jan 2019, Published online: 20 Feb 2019

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