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Theses and Dissertations
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Items in this Collection
- 1Composite Tailings
- 1Discrete event simulation
- 1Geometallurgy
- 1Geostatistics
- 1Mine Plan
- 1Mine operational planning
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A Hybrid Simulation and Optimization Approach towards Truck Dispatching Problem in Surface Mines
DownloadSpring 2019
This PhD thesis has two main objectives. The first objective is to develop, implement, and verify an integrated simulation and optimization framework to study surface mining operations to address important drawbacks of currently available surface mining simulation models. These drawbacks include...
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Fall 2011
One of the major issues in the current oil sands waste management techniques is a lack of a direct linkage between the long-term mine plans and the quantity of the tailings produced downstream. This research is focused on developing a linkage between oil sands long-term mine plans and the final...
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Spring 2016
High resolution spatial numerical models of metallurgical properties constrained by geological controls and more extensively measured grade and geomechanical properties constitute an important part of geometallurgy. The spatial modeling of metallurgical rock properties has unique challenges....
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Simulation optimization of mine operations for uncertainty based short term and operational planning in open pit mines
DownloadSpring 2017
The objective of this PhD thesis is to develop, implement and verify a theoretical framework to generate practical, achievable and robust uncertainty based short term plans meeting operational objectives and short term planning targets. This thesis intends to develop a mathematical optimization...