Large-scale production scheduling with the fundamental tree algorithm - model, case study and comparisons

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 121-127

  Ramazan, S ^a  

^a MAusIMM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER MINES; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MINES; MINING; OPEN PIT MINING; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; PLANNING; PLASMA WAVES; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BINARY VARIABLES; CASE STUDIES; INTEGER VARIABLES; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODELS; MIP MODELS; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMINGS; OPEN-PIT MINES; OPTIMAL SCHEDULES; OPTIMISATION; PROBLEM SIZES; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING PROBLEMS; SCHEDULING PROBLEMS; TREE ALGORITHMS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 58049180513     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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