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Professor Peter Dowd

Telephone +61 8 8303 4700
Position Executive Dean
Email peter.dowd@adelaide.edu.au
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Biography/ Background

Professor Peter Dowd has more than 30 years experience in academic research, teaching and administration and in consulting to industry. His research interests include geostatistical modelling and prediction in mineral resource, petroleum reservoir and environmental applications; geological modelling and mathematical geology; stochastic modelling and quantified risk assessment in natural resource and environmental applications; definitions and reporting of ore reserves; mineral economics; financial analysis and modelling; operational research; and computer-aided mine design. The context of much of this work has been the modelling and estimation of orebodies, coal deposits and hydrocarbon reservoirs, often in very complex geological settings; the generation of three-dimensional orebody models as the basis for optimal mine design and scheduling; establishing resources and reserves together with associated confidence limits; the design of blasting and loading operations to optimise mineral extraction; and the quantification of geological and technical risk associated with resource extraction.

Recent work (since 1996) has focussed on the characterisation of rock masses for environmental risk analysis and assessment and for mining applications.

Professor Dowd’s contributions to the development and application of geostatistics were recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1998 when he was elected to Fellowship of the Academy. The citation particularly noted his “distinguished international contributions” to the application of geostatistics in mine planning and design. In 2006 he was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in recognition of his contributions to geostatistics and for leadership in engineering education.

He has consulted extensively in geostatistics and mineral economics to the mining industry in Africa, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America and the petroleum industry in the UK and Saudi Arabia. Consultancies include ore reserve estimation, reporting of reserves, mine planning, geological modelling, feasibility studies, valuation, input to the development of mining codes and assessment of the micro- and macro-economic effects of mining taxation systems. These consultancies have included evaluations of many of the world’s major orebodies and mineral deposits, particularly in Australasia, Europe and the Americas.

He has published over 180 papers and parts of books in the fields of geostatistics, stochastic modelling and spatial statistics, operational research, computer-aided mine design, mine finance and valuation and has developed commercialised software products for the minerals industry.

Research Projects

Education

BSc (University of New England, 1967)
MSc (Ecole Polytechnique de l’Université de Montréal, 1973)
PhD (University of Leeds, 1978)

Employment

2004- present Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Adelaide.
1997-2003 Head of the School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Leeds, UK.
2002-2004 Head of Aviation Programmes, School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Leeds.
1997-2000 Acting Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Leeds.
1995-2001 Head of the Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds.
1993- 2004 Professor of Mining Engineering, Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds (Established Chair).
1992-1993 Professor of Mine Design and Geostatistics, Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds (Personal Chair).
1990-1992 Reader in Mining Geostatistics and Operational Research, Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds.
1986-1990 Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds.
1978-1986 Lecturer, Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds.
1975-1978 British Petroleum Research Fellow in the Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds, UK.
1972-1975 Research Fellow in the Department of Geological Engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique de l’Université de Montréal, Canada.
1967-1971 Operational Research Officer at Zinc Corporation/New Broken Hill Consolidated Ltd. (now Rio Tinto Ltd) at Broken Hill, NSW, Australia.

Distinctions

  • Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (2006)
  • Elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (1998) for “distinguished international contributions” to the theory and application of geostatistics in mine planning and design.
  • Vice-President of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1996-98)
  • President of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1998-99)
  • Elected Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (1994).

Other Positions

  • Vice-President, Australian Council of Engineering Deans 2007-08
  • President, Australian Council of Engineering Deans 2009-10
  • Chair, Group of Eight Engineering Deans and Associates, 2008 -

Professional Societies and Affiliations

  • Institution of Engineers Australia (Fellow)
  • Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (Fellow)
  • Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Fellow)
  • Institution of Chemical Engineers (Fellow)
  • Institute of Quarrying (Fellow)
  • Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Member)
  • Society of Mining Engineers, American Inst. Mining, Petroleum & Metall. Engs. (Member)
  • Society of Exploration Geophysicists (Member)
  • International Association for Mathematical Geology (Member)
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng., UK Engineering Council)
  • Chartered Chemical Engineer (CEng., UK Engineering Council)
  • Chartered Professional Mining Engineer (CPMin - Australasian Inst. Mining and Metallurgy)

Research

1996-2001 Research Assessment Exercise Leader, Natural Resources and Environment Research Group - one of four research groups comprising the General Engineering submission to the 2001 UK Research Assessment Exercise from the University of Leeds - awarded grade 5 in December 2001.
2002 Elected to membership of the EPSRC (UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Peer Review College.
2002 Appointed to membership of the Mineral Industry Research Organization (MIRO) Mineral Exploration and Development Technology Research Advisory Panel.
2000-2004 Member of the British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL)-University Research Alliance in Particle Science and Technology.

Funded Research Projects

The total value of recent (1996-present) awards exceeds the equivalent of $A9.0M and projects include:

  • UK Nirex Ltd. for the geostatistical characterisation of three-dimensional spatial heterogeneity of rock properties; 1996-99. Principal (sole) Investigator. £60k.
  • Teaching Company Directorate/UK Department of Trade and Industry with industrial collaboration to determine the best layouts of quarry faces and blasting procedures to permit close approach to sensitive structures. Award under the Teaching Company Scheme (now DTI Knowledge Transfer Partnerships) 1998-2001. Lead Academic. Grant number (Knowledge Transfer Partnership no.) 4900. £92k.
  • Anglo American plc Funding for research Chair; 1998-2003. Principal Investigator. £100k.
  • Anglo American plc Funding for research Chair; 2004. Principal Investigator. £50k per annum reviewed every two years.
  • United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, grant for geostatistical calibration; 1999, Principal (sole) Investigator. £3k.
  • UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant for the Geostatistical calibration and integration of wireline, core and seismic data; 1999-2002, Principal (sole) Investigator. Grant number GR/M72944/01. £132k.
  • Teaching Company Directorate/Department of Trade and Industry with industrial collaboration for the development of a new, directional, nuisance dust gauge suitable for use around quarry and landfill sites, and to develop associated dust monitoring and modelling protocols and software. Award under the Teaching Company Scheme (now DTI Knowledge Transfer Partnerships); 2001-04. Lead Academic. Grant number (Knowledge Transfer Partnership no.) 5386. £92k.
  • EPSRC and industrial collaborators Joint Research Equipment Initiative (JREI) grant for XRF facility; 2000-03. Grant number GR/M92607/01. Principal Investigator. £168k.
  • BNFL Strategic Alliance in Particle Science and Technology. Collaboration with R A Williams (Alliance Director), B Rand, B Gibbs and K J Roberts at University of Leeds and R Clegg and D T Goddard at BNFL, 2000-2004, BNFL £2.0M and Royal Academy of Engineering, £140k.
  • EPSRC and industrial collaborators JREI grant for Global Positioning System; 2001-02. Principal Investigator. Grant number GR/R05659/01. £42k.
  • Rio Tinto plc WWW Geostatistics project; 2001. Principal (sole) Investigator. £15k.
  • EPSRC and industrial collaborators JREI grant for 3D measurement and simulation of structured materials facilitated by X-ray Micro-Tomography. 2001-03. Co-Investigator. Grant number GR/M91563/01. £171k.
  • EU Fifth framework. Network for extractive mining industries (consortium of 15 industrial and academic partners); 2001-05, €570,000.
  • EPSRC grant for Stochastic modelling of fractures in rock masses. 2002-2005. Principal Investigator. Grant number GR/R94602/01. £262k.
  • AMCO plc Funding of a readership; 2002-03. £46k per annum.
  • Marie Curie Fellowship (EU Fifth Framework). Geostatistical simulation. Principal Investigator. 2003-04, £17k.
  • Australian Research Council grant for Quantification of risk and uncertainty in the optimisation of open-pit mine design and production scheduling. R. Dimatrakopolous (Principal Investigator – University of Queensland), P.A. Dowd (Co-Investigator). ARC Linkage Grant LP0211446 - grant held at University of Queensland. 2002-04. $Aus285k.
  • Australian Research Council grant for Development of a stochastic short-term production scheduling optimisation approach for open pit metal mines. R. Dimatrakopolous (Principal Investigator – University of Queensland), P.A. Dowd (Co-Investigator). ARC Linkage Grant LP0348798 - grant held at University of Queensland. 2003-05, $Aus315k.

Keynote and Invited Addresses at Conferences

1982 Invited Lecturer, Sixth Australian Statistical Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
1985 Fellow and Contributing Lecturer, First NATO Advanced Study Institute on Fundamental Algorithms in Computer Graphics, Ilkley, UK.
1987 Plenary Lecturer at the International CODATA Conference and Training Course in Geostatistics and Geomathematics. Sponsored by UNESCO, CODATA, IAMG and IUGS, held in Wroclaw, Poland, 1987.
1989 Plenary Lecturer at the twelfth biennial Mining Symposium sponsored by the Czechoslovak Scientific and Technical Society (CSVTS) and held at Pribram, Czechoslovakia. Awarded the Society's silver medal.
1990 Invited Lecturer at the Symposium on Computerized Basin Analysis sponsored by the IAMG and COGEODATA, Güstrow, Germany.
1991 Plenary Lecturer at the thirteenth biennial Mining Symposium sponsored by the Czechoslovak Scientific and Technical Society (CSVTS) and held at Pribram, Czechoslovakia. Awarded the Society's silver medal.
1991 Invited Lecturer, Second Conference on the Stochastic Modelling of Oil Reservoirs Lisbon, Portugal, November 1991.
1998 Invited Keynote Speaker at the 1998 APCOM conference, London.
1998 Invited Lecturer, 1998 Joint Statistical Meeting in Dallas, USA, of the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the International Biometric Society and the Statistical Society of Canada.
1998

Invited Lecturer NATO Advanced Study Institute on Geo-environmental modelling, Matrahaza, Hungary.
1999 Plenary Speaker at the International Conference on Geostatistical Simulations, Perth, Australia.
2000 Invited Keynote Speaker at the Sixth International Geostatistics Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, April 2000.
2000 Keynote Speaker at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Sustainable Mineral Resource Management in Karst Areas. Potorož, Slovenia, 26 Sept. - 1 Oct. 2000.

2004

 

 Keynote Speaker at the International Symposium on Orebody modelling and strategic mine planning. Symposium held in Perth, Australia November 2004; sponsored by Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Society of Mining Engineers (USA), Geostatistical Association of Australia.
2008 Plenary Speaker at the the Eighth International Geostatistics Congress held in Santiago, Chile, December 2008.

Participation in Conference Organisation

1982-83 Member of the Organizing and Paper Review Committees for the Second NATO Advanced Study Institute on Geostatistics, Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
1982-84 Member of the Organizing and Technical Committees for the 18th International Conference on the Application of Computers and Operational Research in the Mining Industry (APCOM), London.

1986-87

 

 Member of the Scientific Programme Committee of the International CODATA Conference and Training Course in Geostatistics and Geomathematics. Sponsored by UNESCO, CODATA, IAMG and IUGS, held in Wroclaw, Poland, 1987.
1986-88 Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committees for the Third International Geostatistics Congress held in Avignon, France 1988.

1988-89

 

 Member, Organizing Committee and editor of the proceedings of Mineral Processing in the UK sponsored by the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of Mining Engineers, Mineral Industry Research Organisation. Held in Leeds April 1989.
1989-91 Organizer of Geostatistics in the UK held in Leeds, UK April 1989, 1990 and 1991.
1987-90 Chairman of the Organizing and Paper Review Committees and editor of the proceedings of the Third International CODATA Conference and Training Course on Geostatistics and Geomathematics held in Leeds, UK in September, 1990.
1989-90 Secretary of the Organizing Committee and editor of the Proceedings of Industrial Minerals and the Environment held in Leeds, UK in September 1990.
1990 Member, Organizing and Paper Review Committees for Industrial Minerals and the Environment, conference held in Leeds and sponsored by the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy.
1989-92 Member of the Organizing and Paper Review Committees for the Fourth International Geostatistics Congress held in Portugal in 1992.
1991 Member of the Organizing Committee International Conference on the Structure and Geodynamics of the Earth's Crust and Upper Mantle Moscow, USSR, March 1991.
1991 Chairman of the Organizing and Paper Review Committees for Computer Solutions in Mining and Processing, a conference held in Leeds and sponsored by the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy.
1993 Member of the organizing and scientific committees for Geostatistics for the next century, Montreal, June 1993.
1993 Member of the paper review committee and editorial board of Geostatistical simulation, Fontainebleau, France, May 1993.
1992-95 Chairman, Organizing Committee of the first UK National Mineral Industry Conference held in Leeds April 1995.
1992-96 Member of the Organizing and Paper Review Committees for the fifth International Geostatistics Congress held in Wollongong, Australia, 1996.
1993-94 Member of the Technical Committee, Risk Assessment in the Extractive Industries, IMM Conference, University of Exeter, March 1994.
1996-00 Member, International Committee for the Sixth International Geostatistics Congress held in Cape Town, South Africa, April 2000
2000-04 Chair, Executive Committee for International Geostatistics Congresses
2000-04 Member, International Committee for the Seventh International Geostatistics Congress held in Banff, Canada, September-October 2004.

Academic Visits And Other Activities

1976-78 Visiting Research Fellow, Centre de Géostatistique, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, Fontainebleau, France.
1980-89 Creation of an Academic Link under the auspices of the British Council between the Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds and the Department of Mine Planning and Mineral Processing, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal.
1981-83 Visiting Professor, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, Fontainebleau, France.
1982 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Queensland.
1983 Visiting Lecturer, Otago School of Mines, University of Dunedin, New Zealand.
1985-86 Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical, Materials, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza".
1986-87 Visiting Lecturer, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
1977-91 Visiting Professor on ten occasions in the Department of Mine Planning and Mineral Processing, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal.
1989-90 Member, Validation Committee and Subject Panel for the BEng degree in Quarry and Roadsurface Engineering at the Doncaster Metropolitan Institute of Higher Education.
1991 Member of the Engineering Council accreditation panel for the BEng in Mining Engineering at Royal School of Mines, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London.
1996 Member of British Council mission to Argentina to assess the national higher education provision in mining, mineral resources and geology.
1997 Member of the Engineering Council accreditation panel for the BEng in Mining Engineering at Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter.
1998 Member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Evaluation Panel for Engineering for Infrastructure, Environment and Healthcare.
1999-04 Member of the Validation Committee for the BEng degree in Quarry and Roadsurface Engineering at the Doncaster Institute of Higher Education.
2002 Appointed to membership of the Mineral Industry Research Organization (MIRO) Mineral Exploration and Development Technology Research Advisory Panel.
2000-04 Member of the British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL)-University Research Alliance in Particle Science and Technology.

Publications

Keys

APCOM - International Conferences on the Application of Computers and Operational Research in the Mining Industry; one of the major forums for the publication of papers on operational research and geostatistics in the mining industry.
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
A.S.I. - Advanced Study Institute

Books, Book Chapters

  1. Dowd, P.A . (1987) Geostatistical estimation of a section of the Perseverance Nickel Deposit. Armstrong, M. and Matheron, G. (eds.) Geostatistical Case Studies, pub. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht, Netherlands, 39-67.
  2. Dowd, P.A . and Saraç, C. (1994) An extension of the LU decomposition method of conditional simulation. In Geostatistical simulations (eds. M Armstrong and P A Dowd) published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 23-36.
  3. Dowd, P.A. (2000) Recoverable reserves and their economic significance. Chapter 7 of Geological data analysis: statistical methods. edited by H.S. Pandalai and P.K. Saraswati, Hindustan Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 129-154.
  4. Dowd, P.A. and Dare-Bryan, P.C. (2005) Geostatistical simulation for the optimisation of selectivity. Chapter in book (Geostatistical simulation), published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. In press.
  5. Mardia, K. V., Walder, A. N., Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Fowell, R. J. and Kent, J. T. (2006), A line finding assignment problem and rock fracture modelling. in Bayesian Statistics and its Applications, Eds. Upadhaya, S.K., Singh, U. and Dey, D.K. Anamaya Pub., New Delhi, in press.

Edited Works

  1. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (1983) Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA) pub. Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds; 1, (108pp).
  2. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (1984) Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA) pub. Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds; 2, (82pp).
  3. Dowd, P.A. (editor)(1985) Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA) pub. Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds; 3, (168pp).
  4. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (1986) Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA) pub. Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds; ISBN-0-9511419-0-2, 4, (154pp).
  5. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (1987) Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA) pub. Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds; ISBN-0-9511419-1-0, 5 (145pp).
  6. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (1988) Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA) pub. Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds; ISBN-0-9511419-0-2, 6, (136pp).
  7. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (1989) Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA) pub. by the Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds; ISBN-0-9511419-2-9, 7, (158pp).
  8. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (1989) Mineral Processing in the United Kingdom. pub. Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London, 224pp.
  9. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (1990) Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA) pub. Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds, ISBN-0-9511419-3-7, 8 (202pp).
  10. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (1991) Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA) pub. Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds, ISBN-0-9511419-4-5, 9 (172pp).
  11. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (1992) Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA) pub. Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds, ISBN-0-9511419-5-3, 10 (180pp).
  12. Dowd, P.A. and Royer, J.J. (editors) (1992) Sciences de la Terre. Série Informatique Géologique, 31.
  13. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (1993) Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA) pub. Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds, ISBN-0-9511419-6-1, 11 (188pp).
  14. Dowd, P.A. (editor) Leeds University Mining Association (LUMA) Journal, 1994, ISBN-0-9511419-7-X, 12, 142pp.
  15. Armstrong, M. and Dowd, P.A. (editors) (1994) Geostatistical Simulations. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics Series, volume 7, 255pp.
  16. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (1995) Leeds University Mining Association (LUMA) Journal, ISBN-0-9511419-8-8, 13, 150pp.
  17. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (1995) Proceedings of Mineral Resource Evaluation ’95, Mineral Resource Evaluation III: methods and case histories. University of Leeds/Geological Society Publications, 240pp.
  18. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (2001) Leeds University Mining Association(LUMA) Journal, ISBN-0-9541371-0-8, 15, 145pp.
  19. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (2002) Leeds University Mining Association (LUMA) Journal, ISBN-0-9541371-1-6, 16,124pp.
  20. Dowd, P.A. (editor) (2003) Leeds University Mining Association (LUMA) Journal, ISBN-0-9541371-2-4, 17,104pp.

Peer-reviewed Journal Publications

  1. Dowd, P.A . (1975) Mine planning and ore reserve estimation with the aid of a digigraphic console display. Bulletin of the Canadian Inst. of Mining and Metallurgy volume 68, 39-43.
  2. Dowd, P.A. (1976) Application of dynamic and stochastic programming to optimize cut-off grades and production rates. Trans. Instn. Min. Metall., section A, 85, 22-31.
  3. Dowd, P.A. (1977) Dynamic programming and its application to cut-off grade problems. Technica volume XL, No. 451/452, 321-332.
  4. Dowd, P.A. (1977) Conditional simulation of regionalised variables. Technica volume XL, No. 451/452, 225-234.
  5. Dowd, P.A. (1982) Lognormal kriging - the general case. Mathematical Geology, 14, (5), 475-499.
  6. Dowd, P.A. (1983) Lognormal geostatistics. Sciences de la Terre Série Informatique Géologique, 18, 49-68.
  7. Dowd, P.A. and Scott, I.R. (1983) Geostatistical applications in stratigraphic orebodies. Leeds University Mining Association Journal(LUMA), 1, 97-109. (First presented as an invited lecture to the Sixth Australian Statistical Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 1982).
  8. Dowd, P.A. (1984) Two algorithms for geometrical control in kriging and orebody modelling. Sciences de la Terre Série Informatique Géologique, 21, 189-208.
  9. Dowd, P.A. (1985) Generalized covariances and structural analysis: a comparison. Sciences de la Terre Série Informatique Géologique, 24, 95-128.
  10. Dowd, P.A. (1985) Kriging, disjunctive kriging and conditional expectation: a simple comparison for the multi-lognormal case. Leeds Univ. Mining Assoc. J. (LUMA),2, 97-109.
  11. Dowd, P.A. (1986) Variogram modelling and interpretation: two examples. Leeds University Mining Association Journal, 4, 87-102.
  12. Dowd, P.A. and Elvan, E. (1987) Dynamic programming applied to grade control for sublevel open stoping. Trans. Instn. Min. Metall. Section A, 96, 171-178.
  13. Dowd, P.A. (1987) The application of dynamic programming to mining problems, Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA), 5, 97-104.
  14. Dowd, P.A. (1988) Practical aspects of using geostatistics in resource appraisal: from experimental values to the model. Sciences de la Terre Série Informatique Géologique, 27, 291-315.
  15. Dowd, P.A. (1989) The solution of large-scale linear programming problems in the mining industry. Leeds University Mining Association Journal(LUMA),7, 85-90.
  16. Dowd, P.A. and Onur, A.H. (1990) An extension of the moving cone method of optimal open pit determination. Leeds University Mining Association Journal, 8, 183-192.
  17. Abbachi, A. and Dowd, P.A. (1990) Graphical display and modelling of stratigraphic orebodies. Leeds Univ. Mining Assoc. J. (LUMA), Leeds University Press, 8, 91 - 104.
  18. Tawo, E.E. and Dowd, P.A. (1991) Using different sources of information to improve the quality of an estimate - the soft constrained kriging approach. Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA), Leeds University Press, 9, 140 - 147.
  19. Dowd, P.A. (1992) Geostatistical ore reserve estimation: a case study on a disseminated nickel deposit. Annells, A.E. (ed.) Case Histories in Mineral Deposits Evaluation, pub. Geological Society, 243-255.
  20. Dowd, P.A. (1992) Large scale simulation of multi-layered formations. Sciences de la Terre Série Informatique Géologique, 31, 259 - 268.
  21. Onur, A.H. and Dowd, P.A. (1992) Optimal scheduling in open pit mining. Leeds University Mining Association Journal, 10, 71-80.
  22. Dowd, P.A. (1992) A review of recent developments in geostatistics. Computers and Geosciences, 17, (10), 1481-1500.
  23. Dowd, P.A. (1992) An integrated computer package for geostatistical estimation and modelling. Trans. Instn. Min. Metall., 101, A95-A103.
  24. Dowd, P.A. and Onur, A.H. (1993) Open pit optimisation: I - optimal open pit design. Trans. Instn. Min. Metall., Section A, 102, A95-104.
  25. Onur, A.H. and Dowd, P.A. (1993) Open pit optimisation: II - scheduling and roadway design. Trans. Instn. Min. Metall., Section A, 102, A105-113.
  26. Tercan, A.E. and Dowd, P.A. (1993) The effect of the nugget variance of the grade variogram on the estimation of conditional distributions by indicator and probability kriging. Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA), 11, 173-181.
  27. Saraç, C. and Dowd, P.A. (1993) A modified approach to large-scale geostatistical simulation via the LU decomposition method. Leeds University Mining Association Journal, 11, 95 - 102.
  28. Dowd, P.A. (1994) Risk assessment in reserve estimation and open-pit planning. Trans. Instn. Min. Metall., 103, A148 - A154.
  29. Dowd, P.A. (1994) Optimal open pit design: sensitivity to estimated block values. Whateley, M.K. and Harvey, P.K. (eds), Mineral Resource Evaluation II: methods and case histories. Geological Society Special Publication, 79, 85 - 100.
  30. Djilani, M.C. and Dowd, P.A. (1994) An optimal scheduling algorithm for open pit mining. Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA), 12, 133-140.
  31. Dowd, P.A. and Saraç, C. (1994) A neural network approach to geostatistical simulation. Mathematical Geology, 26, (4), 491 - 503.
  32. Dowd, P.A. (1994) The optimal design of quarries. in Whateley, M.K. and Harvey, P.K. (eds), Mineral Resource Evaluation II: methods and case histories. Geological Society Special Publication No. 79, 139 – 153.
  33. Saraç, C. and Dowd, P.A. (1994) Conditional simulation by ring decomposition of the covariance matrix. Sciences de la Terre Série Informatique Géologique, CRPG, Nancy, France, 32, 1 - 14.
  34. Dowd, P.A. (1994) Geological controls in the geostatistical simulation of hydrocarbon reservoirs. The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 19, (2B), 237-247.
  35. Tercan, A.E. and Dowd, P.A. (1995) Approximate local confidence intervals under change of support. Mathematical Geology, 27, (1), 149 - 172.
  36. Barker-Read, G.R. and Dowd, P.A. (1995) Quality assessment in the teaching of mining and mineral engineering, Minerals Industry International, 1027, 11- 15.
  37. Dowd, P.A. (1995) Björkdal gold-mining project, northern Sweden. Trans. Instn. Min. Metall., Section A: Mining Industry, 104, A149-163.
  38. Dowd, P.A. (1997) Risk in minerals industry projects: perception, analysis and management. Trans. Instn. Min. Metall. ,106, A9-18.
  39. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (1997) Statistical inference of covariance parameters by approximate maximum likelihood estimation. Computers and Geosciences, 23, (7), 793-805.
  40. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (1997) A case study of model selection and parameter inference by maximum likelihood with application to uncertainty analysis. Nonrenewable Resources, 7, (1), 63-73.
  41. Dowd, P.A. (1997). The geostatistical characterization of three-dimensional spatial heterogeneity of rock properties at Sellafield. Trans. Instn. Min. Metall.,106, A133-147.
  42. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (1997). Maximum likelihood inference of spatial covariance parameters of soil properties. Soil Science, 163, (3), 212-219.
  43. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (1998) The second order stationary universal kriging model revisited. Mathematical Geology, 30, (4), 347-378.
  44. Dowd, P.A. and Li, S. (2000) A knowledge and geographical information-based system for the noise impact assessment of surface mining and quarrying projects. Trans. Instn. Min. Metall., 109, A1-A13.
  45. Khalokakaie, R., Dowd, P.A. and Fowell, R.J.(2000) Incorporation of slope design in optimal open pit design algorithms Trans. Instn. Min. Metall., 109, A70-A76.
  46. Khalokakaie, R., Dowd, P.A. and Fowell, R.J. (2000) The Lerchs-Grossmann algorithm with variable slope angles. Trans. Instn. Min. Metall., 109, A77-A85.
  47. Khalokakaie, R., Dowd, P.A. and Fowell, R.J. (2000). A Windows program for optimal open pit design with variable slope angles. International Journal for Surface Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 14, (4), 261-276.
  48. Li, S., Dowd, P.A. and Birch, W.J. (2000) Application of a knowledge- and geographical information-based system to the environmental impact assessment of an opencast coal mining project. Internat. J. Surface Mining, Reclamation & Environment, 14, (4), 277-294.
  49. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2001) VARIO2GD: a computer program for estimating the variogram and its uncertainty. Computers and Geosciences, 27, (5), 549-562.
  50. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2001) The variance-covariance matrix of the experimental variogram: assessing variogram uncertainty. Mathematical Geology, 33, (4), 397-419.
  51. Xu. C and Dowd, P.A. (2001) Orebody modelling using optimal surface reconstruction. Trans. Instn. Min. Metall., Section B: Applied Earth Science, 110, 110-120
  52. Dowd, P.A. and Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. (2002) FACTOR2D: a Fortran program for factorial cokriging. Computers and Geosciences, 28, 857-875.
  53. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2002) Parametric inference of indicator variograms. LUMA Journal, 15, 85-96.
  54. Dowd, P.A. and Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. (2002) Incorporation of model uncertainty in geostatistical simulation. Geographical and Environmental Modelling, 6, (2), 149-171.
  55. Xu. C. and Dowd, P.A. (2003) Optimal construction and visualisation of geological structures. Computers and Geosciences, 29 (6), 761-773.
  56. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2003) Connectivity analysis of 3D random set models. Computers and Geosciences, 29 (6), 775-785.
  57. Dowd, P.A., Pardo-Igúzquiza, E and Xu, C. (2003) Simulating spatial facies using the truncated plurigaussian method. Computers and Geosciences, 29, (2), 123-141.
  58. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2003) IRFK2D: a computer program for simulating intrinsic random functions of order k. Computers and Geosciences, 29 (6), 753-759.
  59. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2003) Spectral simulation of anisotropic random fields. Computers and Geosciences, 29, (8), 1013-1020.
  60. Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Mardia, K.V. and Fowell, R.J. (2003). Parametric point intensity estimation for stochastic fracture modelling. LUMA Journal, 16, 85-92.
  61. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2003) Assessing the uncertainty of spatial covariance parameters of soil properties estimated by maximum likelihood. Soil Science, 168 (11), 769-782.
  62. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2003) Testing for constant spatial mean using the global D-statistic. Computers and Geosciences, 29, (8), 1057-1068.
  63. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2004) Normality tests for spatially correlated data. Mathematical Geology, 36 , (6) 659-681.
  64. Pardo-Igúzquiza and Dowd, P.A. (2004) Multiple indicator cokriging with application to optimal sampling for environmental modelling and prediction. Computers and Geosciences, 31, 1-13.
  65. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2004) Spatial interpolation from noisy and correlated measurements – assessing the measurement and propagation of uncertainty. LUMA Journal, 16, 43-56.
  66. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2005) Empirical Maximum Likelihood Kriging. Mathematical Geology, 37, (5), 477-492.
  67. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2005) EMLK2D: a computer program for spatial estimation using empirical maximum likelihood kriging. Computers and Geosciences, 31 (3), 361-370.
  68. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. Dowd, P.A. and Grimes, D.I.F. (2005) A moving window automatic approach for mapping meteorological data. International Journal of Climatology, 25, 665-678.
  69. Kumral, M. and Dowd, P.A. (2005) A simulated annealing approach to mine production planning. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 922-930.
  70. Dowd, P.A. and Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. (2005) Estimating the boundary surface between geological formations from 3D seismic data using neural networks and geostatistics. Geophysics, 70, (1), 1-12.
  71. Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Mardia, K.V., Fowell, R.J. (2006) A connectivity index for discrete fracture networks. Mathematical Geology, 38, (5), 611-634.
  72. Dowd, P.A. and Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. (2006) Core-log integration: optimal geostatistical signal reconstruction from secondary information. Applied Earth Sciences, 115, (2), 59-70.
  73. Fowell, R. J., Xu, C. and Dowd, P.A. (2006) An update in the fracture toughness testing methods related to the chevron-notched Brazilian disk (CCNBD) specimen. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 163, 1047-1057.
  74. Dowd, P.A., Xu, C., Mardia, K.V. and Fowell, R. J. (2006) A flexible true plurigaussian code for spatial facies simulations. Computers and Geosciences, 32, (10), 1629-1645.
  75. Mardia, K. V., Walder, A. N., Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Fowell, R. J., Nyirongo, V.B. and Kent, J. T. (2007), A line finding assignment problem and rock fracture modelling. Bayesian Statistics and its Applications, Eds. Upadhaya, S.K., Singh, U. and Dey, D.K. Anamaya Publishers, New Delhi; ISBN 10 81-88342-63-7; ISBN 13 978-81-88342-63-1. 319-330.
  76. Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Mardia, K.V., Fowell, R.J. and Taylor, C.C. (2007) Simulating Correlated Marked Point Processes.  Journal of Applied Statistics, 34 (9), 1125-1134.
  77. Dowd, P.A., Xu, C., Mardia, K.V. and Fowell, R. J. (2007) A comparison of methods for the stochastic simulation of rock fractures. Mathematical Geology, 39, (7); 697-714.
  78. Mardia, K.V., Nyirongo, V., Walder, A.N., Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Fowell, R.J. and Kent, J.T. (2007) Markov Chain Monte Carlo implementation of rock fracture modelling. Mathematical Geology, 39, (4); 355-381.
  79. Cetin, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2008) Multi-mineral cut-off grade optimisation by grid search. Submitted to Journal of the Operational Research Society.
  80. Dowd, P.A., Martin, J.A., Mardia, K.V., Fowell, R.J. and Xu, C. (2009) A three-dimensional data set of the fracture network of a granite. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 46, 811-818. 
  81. Xu, C. and Dowd, P.A. (2009) A new computer code for discrete fracture network modelling. Accepted for publication in Computers and Geosciences 30 May 2009.

    82.  

    Other Journal Publications

    1. Dowd, P.A. (1994) Estimation and reality: the journey from sampling to mining. The University of Leeds Review, volume 37, 45 - 72. ISBN 0-85316-160-7; ISSN 0041-9737; (Professorial Inaugural Lecture delivered in 1992)
    2. al-Dabbagh, M.H. and Dowd, P.A. (1996) Sukhaybarat Gold Mine, Saudi Arabia. Minerals Industry International, IMM Bulletin, 1031, 16 – 21.
    3. al-Dabbagh, M.H. and Dowd, P.A. (1997) Saudi Arabia’s developing mining industry. Minerals Industry International, IMM Bulletin, 1038, 38-44.
    4. Dowd, P.A. (1998) Change: choices and dilemmas for education, industry and the Institution. International Mining and Minerals, 1, (11), 285-294. (Presidential address to the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy).
    5. Dowd, P.A. (2001) Software innovation. World Coal, 51-53.

    Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings

    1. Dowd, P.A. (1971) Geostatistics - the concepts of kriging and extension and estimation variances. Monograph presented as part of the Proceedings of the Seminar on Statistical Methods in Mining and Mineral Exploration, 39pp. University of Adelaide, Australia, March 1-3, 1971.
    2. Dowd, P.A. (1973) A digigraphic console program for kriging techniques. in Sturgul, J.R. (ed.) Proceedings of the 11th APCOM Conference, pub. University of Arizona, D1-D9.
    3. Dowd, P.A. (1973) The use of a digigraphic console display as a geological feedback system for ore reserve estimation. in Stapleton, C.A. (ed.) Proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing, Institution of Engineers (Australia) International Conference Publication 73/4, Sydney, 83-86.
    4. David, M., Dowd, P.A. and Korobov, S. (1974) Forecasting departure from planning in open pit design and grade control. in Johnson, T.B and Gentry, D.W. (eds.) Proceedings of the 12th APCOM Conference, pub. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA, F131-F153.
    5. Dowd, P.A. and Elbrond, J. (1975) The sequence of decisions on cut-off grades and rates of production. in Wilke, F. et. al. (eds.) Proceedings of the 13th APCOM Conference. pub. Verlag Gluckauf, Essen, West Germany, SI1 - SI13.
    6. Dowd, P.A. and David, M. (1976) Planning from estimates: sensitivity of mine production schedules to estimation methods. in Guarascio, M., David, M. and Huijbregts, C. (eds.) Advanced Geostatistics in the Mining Industry , NATO A.S.I. Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, volume 24, pub D. Reidel Pub. Co., Dordrecht, Netherlands, 163-183.
    7. Dowd, P.A. and Royle, A.G. (1977) Geostatistical applications in the Athabasca Tar Sands. in Rose, M. (ed.) Proceedings of the 15th APCOM, pub. Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Melbourne, Australia, 235-242.
    8. Dowd, P.A. (1980) Role of certain taxation systems in the management of mineral resources. in Jones, M.J. (ed.) National and International Management of Mineral Resources, pub. Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London, 329-335.
    9. Dowd, P.A. (1983) The variogram and kriging: robust and resistant estimators. in Verly, G. et. al. (eds.) Geostatistics for Natural Resource Characterization Part 1; NATO A.S.I. Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, volume 122, pub. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht, Netherlands, 91-106.
    10. Dowd, P.A. (1983) Conditional simulation of inter-related beds in an oil deposit. in Verly, G. et. al. (eds.) Geostatistics for Natural Resource Characterization Part 2; NATO A.S.I. Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, volume 122, pub. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht, Netherlands, 1031-1044.
    11. Dowd, P.A. (1984) The application of geostatistics to mine planning in a structurally complex silver/lead/zinc orebody. in Jones, M.J. (ed.) Proceedings of the 18th APCOM Conference, pub. Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London, 255-264.
    12. Dowd, P.A. (1985) Algorithms for three-dimensional interpolation between planar slices. in Earnshaw, R.A. (ed.) Fundamental algorithms for computer graphics NATO A.S.I. Series F: Computers and System Sciences, Volume 17, pub. Springer Verlag, Germany, 531-554.
    13. Dowd, P.A. (1985) A review of geostatistical techniques for contouring. in Earnshaw, R.A. (ed.) Fundamental algorithms for computer graphics NATO A.S.I. Series F: Computers and System Sciences, Volume 17, pub. Springer Verlag, West Germany, 483-529.
    14. Dowd, P.A. (1986) Geometrical and geological controls in geostatistical estimation and orebody modelling. Ramani, R.V. (ed.) Proceedings of the 19th APCOM Conference, pub. Jostens Publications, Pennsylvania, USA, Chapter 8, 81-94.
    15. Dowd, P.A. and Scott, I.R. (1986) Geostatistics in the stratigraphic orebodies at Mt. Isa. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of Commonwealth Mining and Metallurgical Institutions, volume 2: Geology, pub Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 27-36.
    16. Dowd, P.A. (1988) Generalized cross-covariances. Armstrong, M. (ed.) Geostatistics, 1, pub. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 151-162.
    17. Dowd, P.A. (1988) Some observations on confidence intervals and kriging errors. Armstrong, M. (ed.) Geostatistics, 2, pub. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 861-874.
    18. Dowd, P.A., Johnstone, S.A.W. and Bower, J. (1989) The application of structurally controlled geostatistics to the Hilton orebodies, Mt. Isa, Australia. Weiss, A. (ed.) Proceedings of the 21st APCOM Conference, Chapter 28, pub. Society of Mining Engineers of AIME, Colorado, USA, 275-285.
    19. Dowd, P.A. (1989) The design of a rock homogenizing stockpile. Dowd, P.A. (ed.) Mineral Processing in the UK, pub. Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London, 63-82.
    20. Dowd, P.A. (1989) Microcomputer modelling of orebodies for interactive planning. Nemec, V. (ed.) Proceedings of the Mining Pribram of the Czechoslovak Scientific and Technology Society Volume MC/4, 141-155.
    21. Dowd, P.A. (1990) Structural control in stratigraphic orebodies - a constrained kriging approach. Proceedings of APCOM 90 - the 22nd International Symposium on the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry. Technische Universität Berlin, TUB-Dokumentation, Volume II, 529 - 540.
    22. Dowd, P.A. and Onur, A.H. (1992) Optimising open-pit design and sequencing. Proceedings of the 23rd APCOM, pub. Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., Littleton, Colorado, USA. 411-422.
    23. Dowd, P.A. (1993) Geological and structural control in kriging. Soares, A. (ed.) Geostatistics Troia ’92, Kluwer Academic Publishers Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics series, volume 2, 923 - 936.
    24. Dowd, P.A. (1993) The simulation of large scale sedimentary structures. Harff and Merriam (eds) Computerized Basin Analysis: The Prognosis of Energy and Mineral Resources, Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York, 131 - 144.
    25. Dowd, P.A. (1993) The use of neural networks for spatial simulation. In Dimitrakopolous, R. (ed.) Geostatistics for the Next Century; Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 173-184.
    26. Dowd, P.A. and Xu, C. (1995) Financial evaluation of mineral deposits, Proc. APCOM XXV: Application of computers and operations research in the minerals industries. Pub. AusIMM Melbourne, Australia, 247-254.
    27. Dowd, P.A. (1995) Structural controls in geostatistical simulation. Proc. Mineral Resource Evaluation '95, Mineral Resource Evaluation III: methods and case histories; 203-226.
    28. Dowd, P.A. (1995) Geostatistical estimation of a section of the Björkdal orebody. Proc. Mineral Resource Evaluation ’95, Mineral Resource Evaluation III: methods and case histories; 43-62.
    29. Xu, C. and Dowd, P.A. (1995) MINVEST: financial evaluation of mineral resources. Proc. Mineral Resource Evaluation ’95, Mineral Resource Evaluation III: methods and case histories; 77-93.
    30. Dowd, P.A. (1996) Conditional simulation in grade control. Proceedings of the Conference on Mining Geostatistics, Kruger National Park, South Africa, September 1994. Pub. Geostatistical Association of South Africa, July 1996; 11 - 25.
    31. Dowd, P.A. and Li, S. (1996) Development of a Knowledge-based Geographical Information System for the environmental assessment of surface mining projects. Minerals, Metals and the Environment II, pub. Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London, 65-83.
    32. Dowd, P.A. (1997) Structural controls in the geostatistical simulation of mineral deposits. Geostatistics Wollongong ’96 (Proceedings of the fifth International Geostatistics Congress), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, Volume 2, 647-657.
    33. Li, S. and Dowd, P.A. (1998) Integrated computer system for environmental impact assessment of surface mining and quarrying projects. Proceedings of APCOM ’98 (27 th International Symposium Computer Applications in the Minerals Industries) pub. Instn. Min. Metall., 125-138.
    34. Dowd, P.A. (1998) Geostatistics in the UK: past, present and future. Keynote address APCOM ’98. Proceedings of APCOM ’98 (27 th International Symposium Computer Applications in the Minerals Industries) pub. Instn. Min. Metall., 327-336. Reprinted in International Mining and Minerals.1, (7), 173-178.
    35. Dowd, P.A. (1998) Assessing model uncertainty in geostatistical simulation. Keynote Lecture, 1998 Joint Statistical Meeting of the American Statistical Association, International Biometric Society and the Canadian Statistical Society; Dallas Texas.
    36. Dowd, P.A. (1999) Incorporation of model uncertainty in risk assessment using geostatistical simulation. Proceedings of Geostats-UK ’99, pub University of Leicester, 67-83.
    37. Dowd, P.A. (1999) Reserves and resources: continuity and confidence levels. Proceedings of the 28 th International Symposium on Computer Applications in the Minerals Industries - APCOM’99 (ed. K. Dagdalen), pub Col. School of Mines, ISBN 0-918062-12-8; 93-99.
    38. Dowd, P.A. and Xu, C. (1999) Financial evaluation of polymetallic mining projects. Proceedings of the 28 th International Symposium on Computer Applications in the Minerals Industries - APCOM’99 (ed. K. Dagdalen), pub Colorado School of Mines, ISBN 0-918062-12-8; 385-392.
    39. Dowd, P.A. (2000) The future of geostatistics: an academic perspective. Invited keynote Lecture at the Sixth International Geostatistics Congress. Proceedings of, the Sixth International Geostatistics Congress (eds Kleingeld, W.J. and Krige, D.G.), vol. 1, 12-25.
    40. Dowd, P.A. (2000) The geostatistical calibration and integration of core, wireline and seismic data. Geostats 2000: Proceedings of the Sixth International Geostatistics Congress (eds Kleingeld, W.J. and Krige, D.G.), vol. 2, 469-478
    41. Dowd, P.A. and Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. (2000) Incorporation of model uncertainty in risk assessment using geostatistical simulation. Geostatistics 2000: Proceedings of the Sixth International Geostatistics Congress (eds Kleingeld, W.J. and Krige, D.G.), vol. 2, 704-714.
    42. Dowd, P.A. (2000) The acceptance of mineral resource extraction: risk analysis, assessment and perception. Presented at, and to be published in the proceedings of, the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Sustainable Mineral Resource Management in Karst Areas. Potoro ñ , Slovenia, 26 September - 1 October 2000.
    43. Dowd, P.A. and Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. (2001) A wireline property index. Proceedings of the 29 th International Symposium on the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Minerals Industries (APCOM2001), pub. Balkema (eds. Xie, H., Wang, Y. and Jiang, Y.), ISBN 90 5809 174 0; 9-14.
    44. Dowd, P.A., Khalokakaie, R. and Fowell, R.J. (2001) A Windows program for incorporating slope design in open-pit optimisation. (Plenary paper). Proceedings of the 29 th International Symposium on the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Minerals Industries (APCOM2001), pub. Balkema (eds. Xie, H., Wang, Y. and Jiang, Y.), ISBN 90 5809 174 0; 189-196.
    45. Dowd, P.A. and Xu, C. (2001) Software for the financial evaluation and economic appraisal of mining projects. Invited paper presented at Mining Finance IV (SMi Energy Conference, London, 14-15 March 2001).
    46. Kumral, M and Dowd, P.A. (2002) Short-term production scheduling with multi-objective simulated annealing. Proceedings of the 30 th International Symposium on the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Minerals Industries (APCOM2002) ed. S. Bandopadhyay; pub. SME, Littleton, Colorado, USA. ISBN 0-87335-219-X. 731-742.
    47. Cetin, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2002) The use of genetic algorithms for multiple cut-off grade optimisation. Proceedings of the 30 th International Symposium on the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Minerals Industries (APCOM2002) ed. S. Bandopadhyay; pub. SME, Littleton, Colorado, USA. ISBN 0-87335-219-X. 769-780.
    48. Xu, C. and Dowd, P.A. (2002) Optimal orebody and topography modelling. Proceedings of the 30 th International Symposium on the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Minerals Industries (APCOM2002) ed. S. Bandopadhyay; pub. SME, Littleton, Colorado, USA. ISBN 0-87335-219-X. 743-756.
    49. Al-Dabbagh, M.H. and Dowd, P.A. (2002) The use of GERT to model the development of open-pit gold mines. Proceedings of the 30 th International Symposium on the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Minerals Industries (APCOM2002) ed. S. Bandopadhyay; pub. SME, Littleton, Colorado, USA. ISBN 0-87335-219-X. 781-796
    50. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2002) Extensions of, and algorithms for, plurigaussian simulation. Proceedings of the 30 th International Symposium on the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Minerals Industries (APCOM2002) ed. S. Bandopadhyay; pub. SME, Littleton, Colorado, USA. ISBN 0-87335-219-X. 757-768.
    51. Dowd, P.A. (2003) The assessment and analysis of financial, technical and environmental risk in mineral resource exploitation. in Deposit and Geo-environmental Models for Resource Exploitation and Environmental Security (eds: A.G. Fabbri, G. Gaal, R.B. McCammon) NATO Science Series 2. Environmental Security, Volume 80. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN HB 1-4020-0989-5, PB 1-4020-0990-9. pages 187-221.
    52. Dare-Bryan, P.C. and Dowd, P.A. (2004) Assessing ore loss and ore dilution – quantifying the effects of geological and technical uncertainties. Proceedings of the PACRIM 2004 Conference (pub. AusIMM, Melbourne, Australia), 473-482.
    53. Dowd, P.A. and Dare-Bryan, P.C. (2004) Planning, designing and optimising using geostatistical simulation. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Orebody Modelling and Strategic Mine Planning. Pub AusIMM (Melbourne). ISBN 1 920806 22 9; 321-338.
    54. Pardo-Igúzquiza and Dowd, P.A. (2005) On the automatic inference and modelling of a set of indicator covariances and cross-covariances. Presented at the Geostatistics Congress, Banff, Canada, October 2004. Published in Geostatistics Banff – Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics volume 14 (eds. O. Leuangthong and C.V. Deutsch), pub. Springer, Netherlands (ISBN 10-4020-3515-2). 1, 185-194.
    55. Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Dowd, P.A. (2008) Bayesian extension of empirical maximum likelihood kriging. Proceedings of the Eighth International Geostatistics Congress (eds. J.M. Ortiz and X. Emery) pub. Gecamin, ISBN 978-956-8504-17-5. Volume 1, 359-368.
    56. Xu, C. and Dowd, P.A. (2008) Plurigaussian simulation of rock fractures. Proceedings of the Eighth International Geostatistics Congress (eds. J.M. Ortiz and X. Emery) pub. Gecamin, ISBN 978-956-8504-17-5. Volume 1, 41-50.
    57. Xu, C. and Dowd, P. A. (2009) Conditional simulation of grades controlled by geological indicators. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Orebody Modelling and Strategic Mine Planning; pub Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, ISBN 978 1 920806 96 5; 43-50.

        58. Conference Presentations

        1. Dowd, P.A. (1999) Redefining supply and demand: the future for the mining industry. Chairman’s invited address to the Seminar on Investment in Indian Mining, 10-11 February 1999. 183-188. (Invited presentation)
        2. Beniscelli, J., Carrasco, P., Dowd, P.A., Ferguson, G. and Tulcanaza, E. (2000) Estimation of resources and conversion to reserves - assessment, reduction and management of risk. Presentation at MASMIN, November, 2000
        3. Dowd, P.A., Pardo-Igúzquiza, E. and Xu, C. (2003) Spatial interpolation from noisy and correlated measurements: assessing estimates and propagation of uncertainty. Paper presented at, and published in the proceedings of, UNCERT2003: International conference on uncertainty in measurement sponsored by the National Physical Laboratory, held at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK April 2003, 1-16.
        4. Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Mardia, K.V. and Fowell, R.J. (2003) Stochastic approaches to fracture modelling. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geology, 7-12 September 2003, Portsmouth, UK.
        5. Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Mardia, K.V. and Fowell, R.J. (2003) Parametric approaches to stochastic fracture modelling. Paper presented at the Annual Leeds Statistics Workshop held in Leeds 8-10 July 2003. (Invited presentation)
        6. Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Mardia, K.V., Fowell, R.J. and Taylor, C.C. (2005) Inference for marked point processes. Poster presentation at the 24 th Leeds Annual Statistical Research (LASR) Workshop - Quantitative Biology, Shape Analysis and Wavelets; 4-6 July 2005, The University of Leeds; pp. 172-174.

        Monographs, Software Manuals

        1. Dowd, P.A . (1979) Geostatistics - a short course. A workshop course, Conzinc Riotinto of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, 220pp.
        2. Dowd, P.A. (1981) La programmation dynamique et ses applications minières.(monograph) Les cahiers du Centre de Geostatistique, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, Fontainebleau, France. 18pp.
        3. Dowd, P.A . (1984) GEOSTAT3 - User's manual: a general three-dimensional estimation and evaluation package. Dept. Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds, 450pp.
        4. Dowd, P.A. (1985) Geostatistics: an introductory course for the National Coal Board. National Coal Board/Dept. of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds, 145pp.
        5. Dowd, P.A. (1986) GEOSTAT2 - User's manual: a general estimation and evaluation package for stratigraphic orebodies and coal seams. Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds, 220pp.
        6. Dowd, P.A. (1993) Basic geostatistics for the mining industry, University of Leeds, (monograph), 226p.
        7. Dowd, P.A. (1993) Hermite polynomial transforms. Leeds University, 48pp, (monograph).
        8. Dowd, P.A. (1994) Geostatistical simulation. University of Leeds, 123pp, (monograph).
        9. Dowd, P.A. (1994) Mine finance and valuation. University of Leeds, 300pp, (monograph).
        10. Dowd, P.A. and Xu, C.(1994) MINVEST - Financial evaluation of mining projects. Manual and software, University of Leeds, 198pp.
        11. Dowd, P.A. and Xu, C. (1998) MINVEST - Financial evaluation of mining projects. Manual and software (v2.0), University of Leeds, 273p.
        12. Dowd, P.A. and Xu, C. (2005) GeostatWin – Geostatistics for Windows. Manual and software, University of Adelaide, 427p.

        A Selection of Research Reviews, Research Reports and Other Work

        1. Dowd, P.A. (1971) The application of geostatistics to No. 20 level, New Broken Hill Consolidated, Ltd. Operations Research Department, Zinc Corporation, Conzinc Riotinto of Australia (CRA), Broken Hill, NSW, Australia; 121pp.
        2. Dowd, P.A. (1973) Un ensemble de sous-programmes pour réaliser le krigeage d'un bloc irrégulier. Département de Genie Géologique, Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Montréal, Canada, 1972.
        3. Dowd, P.A. L'optimalisation d'une mine à ciel ouvert, 33pp. Département de Genie Géologique, Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Montréal, Canada; 19pp.
        4. Dowd, P.A. (1973) La simulation des variables regionalisées, MScA thesis, Département de Genie Géologique, Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Montréal, Canada.
        5. Dowd, P.A. (1974) The determination of optimal production rates and cut-off grades. Technical Report No. EP74-R-37, Département de Genie Géologique, Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Montréal, Canada; 120pp.
        6. Dowd, P.A. (1974) The use of dynamic programming in cut-off grade determination. Technical Report No. EP74-R-41, Département de Genie Géologique, Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Montréal, Canada; 115pp.
        7. Dowd, P.A. (1976-78) Geostatistical evaluation of the Athabasca Tar Sands, Parts 1,2,3 and 4. Technical reports to British Petroleum, Ltd., Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds,; 130pp.
        8. Dowd, P.A. (1977-78) Geostatistical applications to North Sea oil leases, Parts 1,2 and 3. Technical reports to British National Oil Corporation Ltd., Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds; 110pp.
        9. Dowd, P.A. (1978) Advances in geostatistics: numerical methods and their application. PhD thesis, Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds: 420pp.
        10. Dowd, P.A. (1980) A report on the application of geostatistics to Southern B Lode and Western A Lode, Broken Hill, NSW. Part of the CRA/Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Ore Reserve Study, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; 1980. (This report formed part of the study and submission to the Australian government, stock exchange and mining industry for the definition of Ore Reserves); 224pp.
        11. Dowd, P.A. (1981) Relationships between core samples and chip samples in the 1100 orebody, Mt. Isa. Report to Mount Isa Mines Ltd., Australia; 4pp.
        12. Dowd, P.A. (1982) A study of grade accumulations in the Hilton 408 orebody. Report to Mount Isa Mines Ltd., Australia; 12pp.
        13. Dowd, P.A. (1982) Geostatistical evaluation of the Lady Loretta deposit. Report to Mount Isa Mines Ltd., Australia. 19pp.
        14. Dowd, P.A. (1982) Geostatistical study of Hilton 1,2 and 3 orebodies. Report to Mount Isa Mines Ltd., Australia; 24pp.
        15. Dowd, P.A. (1983) Geostatistical study of the Mt. Isa 8 orebody. Report to Mount Isa Mines Ltd., Australia; 11pp.
        16. Dowd, P.A. (1984) A report on a geostatistical study of Shoot 1A (massive ore) Agnew Mine. Report to Agnew Mining Company, Leinster, Western Australia; 86pp.
        17. Dowd, P.A. (1984) A geostatistical study of depth and thickness of a Permian formation. Report for Geological Branch, H.Q. Mining Department, National Coal Board (UK); 36pp.
        18. Dowd, P.A. and Hanusch, A. (1985) A report on magnetite and ilmenite potential in the Haast area leases. Report to Atkinson Mineral Developments, New Zealand; 18pp.
        19. Dowd, P.A. (1986) Reconciliation of geostatistical estimates, Stope 3 Shoot 1A. Report to Agnew Mining Company, Leinster, Western Australia, 16pp.
        20. Dowd, P.A. (1987) Geostatistical evaluation of the Gordon and Bayside leases, Stradbroke Island. Report to Consolidated Rutile, Australia, 32pp.
        21. Dowd, P.A. (1987) A report on a geostatistical study of heavy mineral leases at Consolidated Rutile Ltd, Dunwich. Consolidated Rutile, Australia, 21pp.
        22. Dowd, P.A. (1987) Structurally controlled geostatistics at Hilton Mine. Report to Mt. Isa Mines Ltd, 33pp.
        23. Dowd, P.A. (1988) Wilga orebody: geostatistical study and resource estimation. Report to Macquarie Resources NL (later Denehurst) on the Benambra project, Victoria, Australia, 82pp.
        24. Dowd, P.A. (1990) A geostatistical study and evaluation of the Cinola gold deposit. A report for Barrack Mine Management, Inc., Canada; 47p.
        25. Dowd, P.A. (1991) Geostatistical estimation of the Björkdal gold deposit. Report to Terra Mining AB, Sweden. 38pp.
        26. Dowd, P.A. (1992) Geostatistical estimation of the Björkdal gold deposit. Stage 2 report. Report to Terra Mining AB, Sweden. 68pp.
        27. Dowd, P.A. (1992) Geostatistical estimation of a section of the Pahtavaara gold deposit, Finland. Report to Terra Mining AB, Sweden and Terra Mining Oy, Finland. 51p.
        28. Dowd, P.A. (1992) A comparison of geostatistical estimates with production figures in the Central orebody, Björkdal. Report to Terra Mining AB, Sweden. 32pp.
        29. Dowd, P.A. (1994) Geostatistical estimation of Terra Mining properties. Report to Terra Mining AB, Sweden. 46pp.
        30. Dowd, P.A. (1995) The use of factor analysis to construct a rock quality index. Report to UK Nirex Ltd., 17pp.
        31. Dowd, P.A. and Wade, L. (1995) An appraisal of the mineral resources and mining potential of the Lodève region. A report to COGEMA, France; 52p.
        32. Dowd, P.A. (1995-96) The geostatistical characterization of three-dimensional spatial heterogeneity of rock properties at Sellafield:
          • Phase I Report to UK Nirex Ltd, November 1995, 120pp
          • Phase II Report to UK Nirex Ltd., April 1996, 100pp
          • Phase III Report to UK Nirex Ltd., July 1996, 97pp.
        33. Dowd, P.A. (1998-99) Geostatistical appraisal of the Ersmarksberget mineralisation. Report to Scandinavian Mining AB, November 1998; 28pp. Report no. 2 February 1999, 24p.
        34. Dowd, P.A. (2001) Geostatistical evaluation of the Svärtträsk and Ersmarksberget mineralisations. Report to Scandinavian Mining AB; 21p.
        35. Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Mardia, K.V., Fowell, R.J. and M. Wang (2002), Preliminary test for fracture detections in rocks, internal technical report 02/R02, Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, The University of Leeds; 31pp.
        36. Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Mardia, K.V. and Fowell, R.J. (2002) Poisson – A program for spatial point pattern generation, internal technical report 01/R01, Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, The University of Leeds; 23pp.
        37. Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Mardia, K.V. and Fowell, R.J. (2003), Spatial point density estimation, internal technical report, 03/R02, Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, The University of Leeds; 35pp.
        38. Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Mardia, K.V. and Fowell, R.J. (2003), Basic analysis of spatial point patterns, internal technical report 03/R01, Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, The University of Leeds; 27pp.
        39. Xu, C., Dowd, P.A., Mardia, K.V., Fowell, R.J. and F. J. W. Podd (2003), X-ray imaging of rock fractures, internal technical report, 03/R05, Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, The University of Leeds; 30pp.

        Translations and Other Published Contributions

        1. Major contributor to, and sole translator from the original French draft, of the textbook, Mining Geostatistics, by Journel, A.G. and Huijbregts, C., 600pp. Academic Press, London, 1978; republished 1990.
        2. Editorial consultant and reviewer of Geostatistical Glossary and Multilingual Dictionary; published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands (engaged by publishers); 1990.

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