IMPROVING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SHOVEL-TRUCK SYSTEMS IN OPEN-PIT COAL MINES

The aim of the study is to reduce idle times of mining trucks and shovels in an open-pit coal mine. A heuristic algorithm for making dispatching decisions in conditions of dynamic allocation of trucks is developed. Priority parameters for choosing the shovel after the end-of-truck unloading are intr...

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Published in:	Transport Problems
Main Authors:	Mark KORYAGIN, Artyom VORONOV
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Silesian University of Technology 2017-06-01
Subjects:	open-pit mining shovel-truck system dispatching optimization
Online Access:	http://transportproblems.polsl.pl/pl/Archiwum/2017/zeszyt2/2017t12z2_11.pdf