Optimization of shovel-truck system for surface mining

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 433-439

  Ercelebi, S G ^a   Bascetin, A ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Closed queuing network theory; Dispatching; Equipment seelection; Linear programming; Pen pit mine

Indexed keywords

CLOSED QUEUING NETWORK; CLOSED QUEUING NETWORK THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DISPATCHING; MEAN WAITING TIME; MOVING MATERIALS; OPEN PIT COAL MINE; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATION MODEL; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; OPTIMUM NUMBER; PIT MINES; SHOVEL-TRUCK SYSTEM; SURFACE MINING; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES; TRUCK DISPATCHING; TRUCK FLEET; TRUCK HAULAGE;

AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; AUTOMOBILES; CIRCUIT THEORY; COAL MINES; COST REDUCTION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FLEET OPERATIONS; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; MINING; OPEN PIT MINING; OPERATING COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; QUEUEING NETWORKS; QUEUEING THEORY; SHOVELS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS; WAGES;

MINE TRUCKS;

EID: 73849105978     PISSN: 22256253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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