Rock blasting is the most commonly used method for rock breakage in the field of mining. The main goal of such an operation is to produce the desired fragment size distribution leading to optimize the overall mine/plant economics [1,2]. Since the rock fragmentation is affected by blasting conditions, there must be some remedial measures to diminish undesirable occurrences such as flyrock in which, a large amount of the explosive energy is exhausted. In the meantime, with the involvement of diverse affecting parameters in the blasting process, the simultaneous optimization of "flyrock" and "rock fragmentation" might not be an easy task to perform [3,4].
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