Managing grade risk in stope design optimisation: Probabilistic mathematical programming model and application in sublevel stoping

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section A: Mining Technology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 49-57

  Grieco, N ^a   Dimitrakopoulos, R ^b  

^a AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mathematical programming; Optimisation; Stochastic simulation; Stope design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GRADE UNCERTAINTY; PIT MINING; RISK QUANTIFICATION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION; STOPE DESIGN;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35548958284     PISSN: 14749009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328607X191038     Document Type: Article

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