Intelligent optimal production scheduling estimator

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 279-285

  Askari Nasab, H ^a   Frimpong, S ^a   Awuah Offei, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK EXTRACTION; COMPLEX MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL TASK; DYNAMIC DECISION NETWORK; DYNAMIC EXPANSION; FINAL PIT LIMIT; OPEN PIT; OPEN PIT MINES; OPERATION RESEARCH; OPTIMAL PRODUCTION; OPTIMAL PRODUCTION SCHEDULE; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; POLICY ITERATION; PRODUCTION SCHEDULE; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING; PROFIT MAXIMIZATION; PUSHBACKS; REALISTIC MODEL; STOCHASTIC NATURE; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION MODEL; STOCHASTIC VARIABLE; TRANSITION MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; OPEN PIT MINING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROFITABILITY; RESEARCH; SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84856865173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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