Research Article

Copula-Based Method for Estimating the Minimum Void Ratio Parameters of Tailings Deposits

Table 5

Parameter optimal edge distribution function recognition.

ParameterNumber of samplesMean valueStandard deviationIdentification typeTruncated normalLognormalTruncated extreme value IWeibull distributionOptimal edge distribution type

560.6970.148BIC-39.759-38.507-33.727-32.734Truncated normal
562.6710.072BIC-119.983-119.973-111.379-107.975Truncated normal
560.6530.128BIC-56.641-58.068-55.084-46.196Lognormal