Sequence optimisation for long-term mine planning

Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry - Proc. of the 32nd Int. Symposium on the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry, APCOM 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 667-673

  Van Wageningen, A ^a   Dunn, P G ^a   Muldowney, D M ^a   Vaillancourt, P ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MINERALS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; TABU SEARCH;

FEEDS INFORMATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM (GAS); NATURAL SELECTION; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMISATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMISATION TECHNIQUES; PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS; SPECIFIC INFORMATION;

MINERAL INDUSTRY;

EID: 34547394007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/9781439833407.ch87     Document Type: Conference Paper

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