(1)SimSched Direct Block Scheduler: A new practical algorithm for the open pit mine production scheduling problem

摘要

Current practices in open pit mine planning normally challenges mine planners and mine managers to make different decisions at different stages before achieving the generation of the best long-term production scheduling for their projects. The objective of this thesis provides an in-depth coverage of a novel open pit mine optimization framework, called SimSched Direct Block Scheduler (SimSched DBS). This software allows for a more global optimization process in mine planning, where it includes the steps of the traditional practices in its own single optimization algorithm and provides the mine production scheduling straight from the block model.