In search of the ideal truck-excavator combination

ISARC 2013 - 30th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining, Held in Conjunction with the 23rd World Mining Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 417-425

  Morley, David ^a   Joseph, Tim ^a   Lu, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earthmoving; Fleet selection; Heavy civil construction; Mining; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; EFFICIENCY; EXCAVATION; EXCAVATORS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MINE TRUCKS; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROBOTICS;

ACTIVITY DURATION; EARTHMOVING; EARTHMOVING OPERATIONS; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; FLEET SELECTION; HEAVY CIVIL; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; OVERALL EFFICIENCY;

LOADING;

EID: 84893586955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.22260/isarc2013/0045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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