This book provides an information fusion model with information fusion theory, geographic information system technology and modern mathematical methods to evaluate the risks of groundwater inrushes from aquifers underlying coal seams. In this new model, the water inrush vulnerable index was calculated with variable weights theory. It overcomes the defect of the traditional vulnerability index method that assumes constant weights for the factors controlling the water inrush. Mine water inrush events often occur during coal mine construction and production; they account for a large proportion of the nation's coal mine disasters and accidents in China. Between 2005 and 2014, 513 water inrush incidents have occurred with a total loss of 2,753 lives. As mining depths and mining intensity continue to increase, the hydrogeological conditions encountered are becoming more complex. The innovative model presented here was applied to two coal mines in China with proved better results than the traditional vulnerability index method.

Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing Discusses on mining safety Proposes methods to overcome the defect of the traditional vulverability index method Covers mine water control and management

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Yifan Zeng , associate professor, is mainly engaged in research and teaching related to mine water disaster prevention and resource utilization, and has participated in several national major mine accident investigations. He has successively presided over 3 sub projects of the National Key Research and Development Plan, 2 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, and 2 projects of the China Postdoctoral Fund; Participated in 11 vertical projects such as national major scientific research instrument development projects, National Natural Science Key Fund, National Science and Technology Support Plan, and consulting projects of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Won 12 provincial and ministerial level scientific and technological progress awards including the Ministry of Education (including 5 first prizes), 1 of the top ten geological science and technology progress awards of the Chinese Geological Society, the Springer Thesis Prize, and the China Youth Geological Science and Technology Award - Golden Hammer Award; Published over 60 academic papers, including over 40 SCI/EI search papers; 36 authorized invention patents; Published 5 monographs in both Chinese and English, including 1 English monograph; Participate in the revision of "Coal Mine Safety Regulations" and "Detailed Rules for Water Prevention and Control in Coal Mines". He also serves as a member of the Water Hazard Prevention and Control Special Committee of the Technical Committee of the Coal Industry, a member of the Technical Committee of the National Coal Mine Water Hazard Prevention and Control Engineering Technology Research Center, the Chief Scientist of the Coal Mining Area Comprehensive Treatment Engineering Technology Innovation Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Deputy Secretary General of the Mine Emergency and Safety Committee of the Chinese Safety Management Society, and the Deputy Secretary General of the Mine Water Prevention and Utilization Special Committee of the Chinese Geological Society. Zhenzhong Pang , an intermediate engineer, is mainly engaged in research work on mine water hazard prevention, resource utilization, and mining damage assessment. He has successively participated in three sub projects of the National Key Research and Development Plan, two projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, and two projects of the China Postdoctoral Fund. He has published 9 papers on mine water hazard prevention and control, resource utilization, and mining damage assessment, and has authorized 25 patents. He has won 8 awards, including 2 first prizes. Qiang Wu, professor and doctoral supervisor of China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, academician of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences ; director of the National Coal Mine Water Disaster Prevention and Control Engineering Technology Research Center, Vice Chairman of the only International Mine Water Association ( IMWA ) in Asia, Deputy Editor of the SCI search journal Mine Water and the Environment , Chairman of the China National Committee of the International Mine Water Association ( IMWA ). Wu has over 40 years of experience in hydrogeology, water resource utilization, mining environment and resource utilization, and mine water disaster prevention and control. Wu has completed more than ten major scientific research projects such as the National 973 Program, the National Key Research and Development Program, and the National Natural Science Foundation, published more than 350 papers(including 90 SCI search papers), won 3 second prizes in the National Science and Technology Progress Award, more than 10 first prizes at the provincial and ministerial levels, obtained more than 70 invention patents authorized by the United States, Hong Kong, China, and the state, and 34 software copyrights authorized by the state. Repeatedly selected asElsevier Chinese highly cited

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Introduction.- Structural Pattern And Characteristics Of Floor Rock's Water-Soluble And Flushing Water System.- Acquisition And Quantification Of Main Controlling Factors Of Water Inrush From Coal Seam Floor In Coalfields Of North China.- Vulnerability Index Method Based On Partition Variable Weight Theory.- Analysis Of Vulnerability Index Method Based On Variable Weight Theory In Engineering Application.- Conclusion And Outlook.