Interactive open-pit design using parameterization techniques

The standard approach to open pit design is to optimize the pit shape using the criterion of maximum total profit on the basis of a revenue block model of the orebody. There are some difficult problems inherent in such an approach. For example, scheduling and production rates will have a significant...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Djilani, Mohamed-Cherif
Other Authors: Dowd, P. A.
Published: University of Leeds 1997
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.606382