Supervisor
About Supervisor
Supervisor (current version: Supervisor 9) is a specialized geostatistical support tool designed to complement, not replace, general-purpose mining software packages. It streamlines the most time-consuming and complex parts of the resource estimation process. It is explicitly positioned as a companion tool to be used alongside Datamine Studio RM, Surpac, Vulcan, Leapfrog, or any other primary modelling package.
Supervisor excels in several key areas: exploratory data analysis (histograms, probability plots, scatterplots, contact analysis), variography (widely praised for its real-time interactive variogram calculation and modelling), Kriging Neighbourhood Analysis (KNA) for estimation parameter optimization (including the unique Multi-block KNA approach providing global rather than single-point optimization), conditional simulation, segment modelling, and model validation. It supports univariate and multivariate workflows.
Supervisor's key differentiator is its focus on productivity for resource geologists under tight deadlines. It handles data transformations on-the-fly, offers sensible presets, and presents results in easily interpretable graphs. Notably, it does not perform kriging estimation as a standalone function — this design reinforces its role as a tool that optimizes and validates estimation parameters, which are then applied in the user's primary mining package. As part of the Studio RM Pro bundle, it integrates with Datamine Studio RM and Geovariances' Isatis.neo to form a comprehensive resource estimation ecosystem.
— Written by the MSR editorial team
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