MOL Report Nine - 2017/2018
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ERA DOI: 10.7939/84199
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Abstract
MOL Report Nine (2017/2018) compiles 20 papers on surface mine planning optimization, simulation and optimization of mining systems, underground mine planning and optimization, and related mining systems research. The volume highlights mathematical programming, simulation, uncertainty modeling, and decision-support methods for mining operations.
The report includes work on geological uncertainty in block clustering, short-term production scheduling, oil sands production scheduling and waste management, truck dispatching, equipment planning, open-pit to underground transition, block caving and cut-and-fill scheduling, stope optimization, blast fragmentation effects, discrete fracture networks, and open-source frameworks for simulation database management. Together, the papers demonstrate MOL's continued emphasis on mine planning and design, simulation modeling of mining and industrial systems, and optimization.
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Hooman Askari-Nasab, PhD, PEng
Professor of Mining Engineering
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 1H9
Phone: +1 (780) 492-4053
Cell: +1 (780) 893-9365
Email: hooman@ualberta.ca
MOL Webpage: www.ualberta.ca/mol
Contributors
- Hooman Askari-Nasab — Professor, Director of MOL
- Yashar Pourrahimian — Assistant Professor, University of Alberta
- Eugene Ben-Awuah — Associate Professor, Laurentian University
- Kwame Awuah-Offei — Associate Professor, Missouri S&T
- Mohammad Tabesh — PhD, Research Associate (2015/09)
- Shiv Prakash Upadhyay — PhD, Research Associate (2016/09)
- Saleh Balideh — PhD, Research Associate (2016/09)
- Mahdi Badiozaman Tari — PhD, Research Associate (2017/12)
- Firouz Khodayari — PhD Student (2014/01)
- Ali Moradi Afrapoli — PhD Student (2014/09)
- Magreth Dotto — PhD Student (2018/01)
- Ahlam Maremi — PhD Student (2015/09)
- Bright Oppong Afum — PhD Student (2017/01)
- Emmanuel Appianing — PhD Student (2018/05)
- Nasib Al-Habib — PhD Student (2018/09)
- Alireza Kamrani — PhD Student (2018/09)
- Shuwei Huang — PhD Visiting Student (2017/10)
- Shahrokh Parvarzar — PhD Visiting Student (2018/03)
- Efrain Ugarte-Zarate — MSc Student (CCG) (2015/09)
- Zeinab Basiri — MSc Student (2016/09)
- Roberto Noriega — MSc Student (2017/09)
- Hongshuo Gong — MSc Student (2017/09)
- Obinna Mbadozie — MSc Student (2018/01)
- William Junkin — MSc Student (2018/01)
Suggested citation
Pourrahimian, Y., Ben-Awuah, E., & Askari-Nasab, H. (2018). Mining Optimization Laboratory (MOL) - Report Nine, 2017/2018. University of Alberta, Mining Optimization Laboratory (MOL). ISBN: 978-1-55195-414-1. https://doi.org/10.7939/84199