Sampling in the minerals industry. Introuction to sampling theory and sampling practice / Опробование в горнорудной промышленности. Введение в теорию опробования и практика опробования

The term Theory of Sampling (TOS) is attributable to Kim Esbensen who coined the term in his tribute to Pierre Gy “50 years of Pierre Gy’s ‘Theory of Sampling’-WCSB1”: A tribute” that appeared in the in the Proceedings of the First World Conference on Sampling and Blending (WCSB1) (Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems 74), in 2004, that was dedicated to Pierre Gy’s special contribution to science and the advancement of knowledge. Esbensen (2004) suggested that the TOS be viewed as a representative discipline as well as ‘a new, holistic approach to data analysis’ that struggled to gain acceptance in the fields of analytical chemistry, process technology, industrial manufacturing, engineering, geology and medicine, etc., because of the perceived competition with an inadequate application of traditional statistical methods in the area of sampling. In bringing TOS to stature as a full blown discipline, it was realised that with the time available at the Sixth Scandinavian Symposium on Chemometrics in August 1999, it was impossible to do Pierre Gy’s Theory of Sampling justice. ‘The lack of knowledge of TOS in this and related scientific areas was simply too great’ pg4. At this time the idea of a conference dedicated to a more complete introduction to the TOS was conceived and brought to fruition in the First World Conference on Sampling and Blending, WCSB1. At 75 years of age Pierre Gy compiled a new and updated introduction to the TOS that appears as the tutorial series in the proceedings of WSCB1 (2003). In addition Pierre Gy tells of his own personal history and the emergence of TOS in the paper entitled “50 years of Sampling Theory – a personal history”. <...>