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DEVELOPMENT OF A SOFTWARE FOR ASSIGNMENT OF N TRUCKS TO M SHOVELS WITH DIFFERENT MINERAL GRADES BASED ON DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING ALGORITHM
Abstract
The truck and shovel transportation system is the most important part of the open pit mining operation because a considerable amount of the total mining costs is related to it. Reducing the transportation cost has a great impact on reduction of the total cost. One method to reduce the cost per ton in transportation systems is the optimization of the truck–shovel assignment. In this paper, software has been developed for optimal assignment of N trucks to M shovels with different grades of the minerals, based on maximizing the production, with the aid of the dynamic programming. The software has been tested and the results have been analyzed for the Choghart iron ore mine in Yazd province, central Iran.
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