As a revolutionary technology, terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is attracting increasing
interest in the fields of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), with outstanding …

Laser scanning can provide timely assessments of mine sites despite adverse challenges in
the operational environment. Although there are several published articles on laser …

This paper presents a hybrid ensemble classifier combined synthetic minority oversampling
technique (SMOTE), random search (RS) hyper-parameters optimization algorithm and …

This paper proposes an image-based method for automated rock fracture segmentation and
fracture trace quantification. It is integrated using a CNN-based model named FraSegNet, a …

In the last two decades, significant research has been conducted in the field of automated
extraction of rock mass discontinuity characteristics from three-dimensional (3D) models …

Remote sensing techniques (eg, terrestrial laser scanning and digital photogrammetry) have
been developed and applied rapidly in recent years for identification and analysis of rock …

The routine application of remote surveying techniques which can quickly acquire 3D digital
data with high resolution, in particular digital photogrammetry, light detection and ranging …

Inspired by state-of-the-art material science, computer techniques, artificial intelligence, and
automatic control, new-generation transportation infrastructures are becoming digitalized …

Direct contact measurements for rock mass discontinuities are generally difficult to perform,
time consuming, biased, and often dangerous. This paper presents an automatic …

This work develops a rock mass characterization of a limestone quarry in northern Spain
based on a 3D model obtained by using photographs taken from an unmanned aerial …