Introduction to Mining Geostatistics. Intuitive Applications with Excel and R

Authors

Konstantinos Modis National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Mr. Konstantinos Modis graduated from the Department of Mining - Metallurgical Engineering of the EMP. in 1986 and received his PhD in the field of Geostatistics in 1992. He worked for more than five years in the mining industry of Greece (Aegean Metallurgical Industries, Hellenic Industrial and Mining Investment Company). Since 2003 he belongs to the teaching staff of the School. His research interests are in the estimation of ore reserves, as well as the development of stochastic models incorporating physical laws in areas such as geothermal, rock mechanics and groundwater flow. He has published more than 50 articles in scientific journals and conferences and one book. He has been awarded by the Academy of Athens. George Valakas Senior Researcher, School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. Dr. George Valakas is a senior researcher at the School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), where he earned his Ph.D. specializing in geostatistics and optimization methods. Within this institution, he now serves as a dedicated lecturer and actively engages in various education projects supported by EIT Raw Materials. His educational journey began with an undergraduate degree in Statistics from Athens University of Economics and Business, and he further expanded his knowledge by obtaining a M.Sc. degree in Environmental Analysis of Terrestrial Systems from the University of Sheffield in the UK. His primary areas of expertise encompass geostatistics, optimization methods, mineral exploration, and the innovative development of interactive educational tools that adeptly integrate complex concepts and theories within the overarching framework of sustainable development principles. He is the recipient of a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship, awarded by the State Scholarships Foundation of Greece. The primary objective of this fellowship was to develop an R package for applying Plurigaussian simulation and co-simulation between facies and continuous variables, further demonstrating his commitment to advancing this field.