Flexible open-pit mine design under uncertainty

Journal of Mining Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-226

  Groeneveld, B ^a   Topal, E ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Mine design; Real options; Robust design; Stochastic simulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

FLEXIBILITY; MINE DESIGNS; REAL OPTIONS; ROBUST DESIGNS; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

OPEN PIT MINING;

EID: 80855124340     PISSN: 10627391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1062739147020080     Document Type: Article

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