Valuing flexible operating strategies in nickel production under uncertainty

Proceedings - 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1426-1432

  Bao, C ^a   Mortazavi Naeini, M ^a   Northey, S ^a   Tarnopolskaya, T ^a   Monch, A ^a   Zhu, Z ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Least Squares Monte Carlo (LSM); Multiple mine site operation; Nickel laterite; Real options; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; IRON OXIDES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NICKEL; NICKEL DEPOSITS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; ORES; PROFITABILITY; SOILS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

LEAST SQUARES MONTE CARLO; MINE SITE; NICKEL LATERITE; REAL OPTIONS; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

NICKEL MINES;

EID: 84907394306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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