Improving truck-shovel matching

35th APCOM Symposium - Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Minerals Industry, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 381-391

  Nel, S ^a   Kizil, M S ^a   Knights, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FLEET PRODUCTIVITY; GOAL-SEEKING; MINING COMPANIES; MINING OPERATIONS; OPEN PIT; PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY;

COAL MINES; OPEN PIT MINING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SHOVELS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84866707485     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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