The new Fundamental Tree Algorithm for production scheduling of open pit mines

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1153-1166

  Ramazan, Salih ^a  

^a Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fundamental Tree Algorithm; Large scale optimization; Open pit mine optimization; Production scheduling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

FUNDAMENTAL TREE ALGORITHMS; LARGE SCALE OPTIMIZATION; OPEN PIT MINE OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING;

OPEN PIT MINING;

EID: 33750463056     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.12.035     Document Type: Article

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