Predicting equipment requirements using SIMAN simulation a case study

Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Transactions. Section A: Mining Technology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Awuah Offei, Kwame ^a   Temeng, V A ^b   Al Hassan, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Equipment requirements; SIMAN simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; EXCAVATORS; GOLD MINES; LOADING; MINING ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY;

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS; SIMAN SIMULATION;

MINING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 1242265088     PISSN: 14749009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037178403225003609     Document Type: Article

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