Advanced Estimation - Scenario

Managing your grade estimation scenarios

Advanced Estimation - Scenario Setup

To access this dialog:

  • This is the default panel shown when the Advanced Estimation dialog is accessed using Estimate ribbon | Advanced | Multivariate

This panel is one of the Advanced Estimation dialogs, and is used to define a name for an estimation scenario.

An estimation scenario is a collection of information used to undertake an advanced grade estimation study and includes items such as the sample data, grade/variable fields, zone definitions, variography settings and models and estimation configuration(s).

You can also copy an existing scenario for the purpose of experimenting with different settings around a particular theme, for example if you wish to fit a different variogram model from that used in a previous study, or wish to assess the impact of defining different search volume parameters.

Using this panel, you can:

  • Create a new scenario
  • Change the name of an existing scenario
  • Copy an existing scenario (which can be subsequently edited if required)
  • Load a different scenario
  • Export a scenario
  • Import a scenario
  • Delete a scenario

Note: Advanced Estimation is part of the Studio RM toolset. Additional licensing modules aren't required.

 

Field Details:

Create New...: adds a new entry (named "New scenario") to the bottom of the list in the Scenario Selection area. If you are in the process of making changes to an existing scenario, you will be asked if you wish to commit or discard those changes before creating the new entry. Once added, you can use the Loaded Scenario group on the right to edit the name of the new scenario.

Import Scenario: import a previously-exported scenario.

Create Copy: make an exact (editable) copy of the selected scenario, as a new entry in the scenario list.

Scenario Table: this simple table shows, for each scenario, its name, samples file name (for a new scenario, this will be blank - it is specified on the Select Samples panel) and, if specified, an input prototype model (again, this will be blank until one is specified using the Select Prototype panel.

Load Selected: access an existing scenario by highlighting it in the list above and clicking this button. You will be notified of unsaved changes with the current scenario.

Export Scenario: export your current scenario to a portable XML file for use in another Studio project.

Delete: remove a scenario by highlighting it and clicking this button. You will need to confirm this action.

Scenario Name: an editable field showing the name of the scenario. If you make changes here, you need to commit them using Save Changes. Otherwise, you can revert back to the previous description with Revert Changes.

Save Changes: this will save the changes to the project file.  However you will also need to save the project file before you exit Studio.  If you delete the Advanced Estimation window by clicking the x in the top right corner the scenario will be saved to the project file, but the project file will still need to be saved when you exit your application.

Revert Changes: undo the last set of form changes.

Datamine Supervisor Integration

The following options are available for Datamine Supervisor users:

Use Supervisor for Variography and KNA: enabled by default, you can use output parameter files from Datamine Supervisor instead of generating them in Studio RM. If you choose to use Supervisor data, all variography and KNA functionality of the Advanced Estimation console is hidden, showing you only the panels you need to complete your estimation. Set up your scenario in Studio, import parameter files then define your estimation and run it.

Select a Supervisor project to prefill scenario: read in parameters created in a Datamine Supervisor project into Advanced Estimation and pre-fill the dialogs with parameters created in Supervisor.

When the Supervisor project is successfully imported, a variogram model set is created from the imported model which can be viewed by accessing the Review Variograms panel.

You can also import cross variograms from Datamine Supervisor into the Advanced Estimation module.

  • If you attempt to import a project created in a version of Supervisor prior to version 8.14.2.3, the import fails with the following error message displayed in the Output control bar: 'Supervisor Project import failed with error: The project file was generated by an outdated version of Supervisor.

  • If no Datamine compatible variogram model can be found in the Supervisor project, then the following message is displayed in the Output control bar: 'Supervisor Project import failed with error: No Datamine-compatible variogram found in the Supervisor project file'.

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