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ArticleACS omega2023

Advocating the Use of Bayesian Network in Analyzing the Modes of Occurrence of Elements in Coal.

Na Xu, Qiang Li, Wei Zhu, Qing Li, Robert B Finkelman, Mark A Engle, Ru Wang, Zhiwei Wang

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Article in ACS omega, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Na XuCollege of Geoscience and Survey Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1406-9098
Qiang LiCollege of Geoscience and Survey Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China.
Wei ZhuCollege of Geoscience and Survey Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China.
Qing LiDepartment of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, HKSAR, Hong Kong, China.
Robert B FinkelmanCollege of Geoscience and Survey Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China.
Mark A EngleDepartment of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States.
Ru WangCollege of Geoscience and Survey Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China.
Zhiwei WangCollege of Geoscience and Survey Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China.
China University of Mining and Technology · CNHong Kong Polytechnic University · HKThe University of Texas at Dallas · USThe University of Texas at El Paso · US

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Abstract

Modes of occurrence of elements in coal are important because they can be used not only to understand the origin of inorganic components in coal but also to determine the impact on the environment and human health and the deposition process of coal seams as well. Statistical analysis is one of the commonly used indirect methods used to analyze the modes of occurrence of elements in coal, among which hierarchical clustering is widely used. However, hierarchical clustering may lead to misleading results due to its limitation that it focuses on the clusters of elements rather than a single element. To tackle this issue, we use the first part of a well-known Bayesian network structure learning algorithm, i.e., Peter-Clark (PC) algorithm, to explore the relationships of the coal elemental data and then infer modes of occurrence of elements in coal. A data set containing 95 Late Paleozoic coal samples from the Datanhao and Adaohai mines in Inner Mongolia, China, is used for the performance evaluation. Analytical results show that many instructive and surprising insights can be concluded from the first part of the PC algorithm. Compared with the hierarchical clustering algorithm, the first part of the PC algorithm demonstrates superiority in analyzing the modes of occurrence of elements in coal.

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