Application of computers and operations reseach in the mineral industry : proceedings of the 37th international symposium : APCOM 2015 /
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Englewood, Colorada :
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Table of Contents:
- Beyond 37th APCOM
- Organizing Committee Members
- Peer-Review Committee Members
- APCOM International Council Members
- Keynote Session
- Hybrid Robotics in Mining / George L. Danko
- Application of Comuters in Surface Mine Rock Blasting
- Current and Future Perspectives / Piyush Rai
- Mine Discrete-System Simulation I
- Optimization of Open Pit Haulage Cycle Using a KPI Controlling Alert System and a Discrete-Event Operations Simulaton I
- Optimization of Open Pit Haulage Cycle Using a KPI Controlling Alert System and a Discrete-Event Operations Simulator / Pedro Pablo Vasquez Coronado and Victor Octavio Tenorio
- Using Discrete Simulation and Animation to Identify the Optimal Sizes and Locations of Mine Refuge Chambers / Ebrahim Tarshizi, Charles Kocsis, and Danny Taylor
- Discrete Event Simulation to Quantify Upgrades of Peirce-Smith Converting Aisles / Alessandro Navarra and Frank Mucciardi
- Geostatistics I
- Sensitivity of Indirect Recoverable Mineral Resource Modelling to the Distribution of Selective Mining Units Within Panels for Mining Projects / Winfred Assibey-Bonsu and Charles Muller
- Application of Geostatistical Simulation for Mineral Resource Estimation by Modelling of Drillhole Data
- Case Study on an Iron Ore Mine / Abu Bakarr Jalloh and Kyuro Saski
- Using Large Support Data to Improve Grade Prediction in Underground Mining / Marcel Antonio Arcari Bassani, Péricles Lopes Machadob, Joáo Felipe Coinbra Leite Costa, and Ricardo Hundelshaussen Rubio
- Determination of the Risk Index Reference Values Applied to Brazilian Phosphate Mines / Fernanda G. Fernandes, Carolina M. Pinheiro, and Evangelina M. Apparíco
- Comparison Between Disjunctive Kriging and Multi-Gaussian Kriging to Estimate the Recoverable Reserve for a Beach Sand Deposit in India / Mainak Thakur, Biswajit Samanta, and Debashish Chakravarty
- Mineral Processing I
- Strategic Planning of Metallurgical Extraction Using Variable Neighbourhood Descent and the Network Simplex Methd / Alessandro Navarra
- Advances in the Modeling of Air-Based Density Separators / Tathagata Ghosh
- Modeling and Optimization of Spiral Concentrator for Separation of Iron Values from Sub Grade Iron Ore / G.V. Rao, S.K. Sharma, and R. Markandeya
- Production Scheduling I
- A Surface-Constrained Stochastic Mine Production Scheduling Method and Its Application at a Copper Deposit / Alexandre Marinho and Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
- The Impacts of Slope Angle Approximations on Open Pit Mining Production Scheduling / Filipe S. Beretta and Alexandre Marinho
- A Fast Optimum Pit LImit Analysis Method Based on Revised Maximum Flow Algorithm / Chotipong Somrit and Kadri Dagdelen
- Mine Exploration
- Automated Lithological Recognition Using DTW Signal Processing of Natural Gamma Logs / Katherine Silversides, Arman Melkumyan, and Derek Wyman
- Core Partial Recovery and Its Effect on Sample Grades / Vivian Tavares Kayser and Joáo Felipe Costa
- Geological Domain Classification Using Multiple Chemical Elements and Spatial Information / M. Balamurali and A. Melkumyan
- Plotting Multi-Element Geochemical Data in Three Dimensions to Aid in Predicting Ore Recovery and Mineral Exploration Targeting / Maureen N. Moore-Roth and Cesar Carrasco
- Achievements from Application of the Hylogger 3 to the Mining Industry in Chile / Victor Montenegro, Nicholas Urrutia, Leandro Voisin, and Angus McFarlane
- Application of the Hylogger 3 to the Characterization of Mineral and Metallurgical Residues / Leandro Voisin, Javier Merrill, Victor Montenegro, and Angus McFarlane
- A Spatial Uncertainty Index of Subsurface Models for Drill Hole Planning / Marie-Gabrielle Vallet, Denis Marcotte, and François Guibault
- Decision Making/Project Evaluation
- Asset Performance
- Getting the Most from Your Assets / Joseph Plant
- Resumption of Deep Open-Pit Mining as a Future Challenge / Delaram Pahlevani and Morteza Osanloo
- Optimization Based on Critical Path Methods in Vulcan Gantt Scheduler / Daniel Arancibia C., Marcelo Arancibia A., and Ignacio García A.
- Restructuring of a Greek Toll Road Concession Project / Gabriel Böde Jiménez, Dimitrios S. Gatsonis, and Klaus Böde
- An Agent-Based Approach ot Evaluating the Effect of Dynamic Age Changes on Community Acceptance of Mining Projects / Mark K. Boateng and Kwame Awuah-Offei
- Evidential Reasoning: Potential Usage for Decision Making Under Uncertainty in Mining Engineering / Vahagn Khechadoorian, Morteza Osanloo, and Seyyed Pedram Mirmoini
- Decision Support System for Mining Methods Selection Using Bayesian Belief Networks / Todor P. Petrov and Jhon Silva-Castro
- The Systematic Mining Project Evaluation Criteria (SYSPEC) for Investment Decisions / Hyung Min Park and Michael G. Nelson
- Geostatistics II
- Grade Modelling with Local Anisotropy Angles: A Practical Point of View / David F. Machuca-Mory, Harri Rees, and Oy Leuangthong
- Local Truncated Pluri-Gaussian Mask Optimization for Categorical Variable Modelling with Locally Varying Proportions / Samaneh Sadeghi and Jeff B. Boisvert
- Dealing with Periodicity Within the Kriging Framework / Leon Tolmay
- Expected Uncertainty as a Function of the Variogram, Data Spacing, and Other Factors / Felipe A.C. Pinto and Clayton V. Deutsch
- Incorporating Distributed Dijkstra's Algorithm into Variogram Calculation with Locally Varying Anistropy / Oscar Peredo, Felipe Navarro, Mauricio Garrido, and Julián M. Ortiz
- Assessment of Thickness Uncertainty Using Geostatistical Simulation in the Rondon do Pará Bauxite Deposit, Brazil / Saulo B. de Oliveira, Jeff B. Boisvert, and Clayton V. Deutsch
- Geostatistical Prediction of Fugitive Dust Dispersion in Open Pit Hault Roads / Taraprasad Bhowmick and Sukumar Bandopadhyay
- Mine Design Simulation
- Simulation-Based Modelling and Production Optimisation of Large Continuous Mining System / M. Soleymani Shishvan and I. Benndorf
- A Novel Approach to Data Mining and Simulation of Haul Processes on Mining Operations / Andrés Latorre, José Miguel Castro, and Carlo Calderón
- Linear Programming Approximations for Modeling Instant-Mixing Stockpiles / Eduardo Moreno, Felipe Ferreira, Marcos Goycooleam Daniel Espinoza, Alexandra Newman, and Mojtaba Rezakhah
- An Ant Colony Optimization-Based Approach for Long Distance Ore Pipeline Routing / Daniel Baeza, Christian F. Ihle, and Julián M. Ortiz
- Optimization of Time Duration to Install Face Equipment at Longwall Face in Indian Coal Mines / G.C. Roy and N.C. Dey
- Mine Planning II
- A Dynamic-Ore-Price-Based Method for Optimizing a Mineral Supply Chain with Uncertainty / Jian Zhang and Roussos G. Dimitrakopoulos
- Management Support System for a Fleet of Vehicles in an Open Pit Mine / Esteban Chumpitaz Saravia, Magno Huamaní Condori, and Miguel Ángel Pacoticona Ccoa
- Resource Model Uncertainty Analysis and Stope Optimizer (MSO) Evaluation for an Underground Metal Mine Project / Arja Jewbali, Hongliang Wang, and Christopher Johnson
- Low-Quality Secondary Data in Short-Term Mining Planning: Use r Discard THem? / Cristina da Paixáo Araújo, Marcel Arcari Bassani, and Joáo Felipe Coimbra Leite Costa
- Optimizing a Mining Complex Under Supply Uncertainty: Integrating Components from Deposits to Transportation Systems / Luis Montiel Petro and Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
- Stochastic Optimization of Open Pit Mining Complexes with Capital Expenditures: Application at a Copper Mining Complex / Ryan Goodfellow and Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
- Calculating Correlation of the Impact of Social Media Interactions on the Social Risk for Mineral Development / Sean Dessureault and W. Pratt Rogers
- Drilling and Blasting
- Blast Fragmentation Size Analysis Using Normalized Graph Cut-Based Image Segmentation Technique / Pankaj Rathi, Ashok Kumar Patel, and Snehamoy Chatterjee
- Assessment Processes of Construciton and Drilling and Blasting Integration Through a Technology Platform / Mauricio Vargas, Andrés Latorre, Nolberto Contador, Edgardo Hernández, and Ricardo Torres
- Modelling Blasting Costs Based on Regulated Structure's and Environmental Constraints / Mohammadhossein Sadeghiamirshahidi, Stan Vitton, and Thomas Oommen
- The Use of Specific Energy in Rotary Drilling: The Effect of Operational Parameters / Rajib Ghosh, Uday Kumar, and Håkan Schunnesson
- Discrete Element Simulation of Rock Cutting / G. van Wyk, S.M. Bradshaw, D.N.J. Els, and G. Akdogan
- Miscellaneous
- Baseline Analysis of Predicted Tracking System Performance / Steven Schafrik, Michael Karmis, and David Snyder
- Virtual Reality Ladder Climbing for Mine Safety Training / Chengyuan Lai and Ryan P. McMahan
- Development of a Generic Mine Visualization Tool Using Unity / Timothy J. Orr, Brendan D. Macdonald, Stephen R. Iverson, and William R. Hammond
- FEATureFACE-An Innovative Collision Avoidance System for the Underground Mining Industry / Kai Neumann, Jan Berg, Britta Eichentopf, Philipp Mehnert, Karl Nienhaus, Thomas Sauter, Matthias Rabel, Florian Hammer, and Markus Pichler
- Particle Tracking Simulation for Tracer Dispersion in Porous Media: A Five-Spot Laboratory Model / Arif Widiatmojo, Kyuro Sasaki, Amin Yousefi-Sahzabi, and Yuichi Sugai
- The Effect on the Stimulation Environment on Cognitive Workload Metrics / Jennica L. Bellanca, Brianna M. Eiter, Timothy J. Orr, and Brendan D. Macdonald
- Design Principles for a Mining Interface / Heather Dougherty, Kramer Luxbacher, Nino Ripepi, Michael Karmis, and Zacarias Agioutantis
- A Conceptual Approach to Design a Magnetically-Propelled Integrated Underground Hoisting System / Taraprasad Bhowmick and Pratik Dutta
- Mine Operations
- Application of the Theory of Constraints to the Pillar Development Cycle of an Underground Coal Mine / Ernest Baafi, Dalin Cai, and Ian Porter
- Optimization of Dragline Digging Sequences Using a Genetic Algorithm / Xin Liang, Peter Knights, and Andrew Jessett
- Challenges of Multi-Mine Simultaneous Optimisation for a Large Iron Ore Mining Operation / Johann Menezes and Farshad Rashidi Nejad
- Investigation of Electric Rope Shovel Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability in Surface Mining Operation / Mohammad Babaeir Khorzoughi and Robert Hall
- Production Scheduling II
- Using the Bienstock-Zuckerberg Algorithm to Solve Underground Production Scheduling Models / Andrea Brickey, Barry King, and Orlando Rivera
- A Comparison of Conventional and Direct Block Scheduling Methods for Open Pit Mine Production Scheduling / Nelson Morales, Enrique Jélvez, Pierre Nancel-Penard, Alexandre Marinho, and Octávio Guimaráes
- Strategic Mine Planning and Production Scheduling Optimization at Newmont's Twin Creeks Operation / Kazuhiro Kawahata, Paul Schumacher, Matthew Fein, and Kurt Criss
- Mining Options Optimization: Concurrent Open Pit and Underground Mining Production Scheduling / Eugene Ben-Awuah, Otto Richter, and Tarrant Elkington
- Multi-Criteria Optimization for Scheduling of a Bench and Fill Mine / Nelson Morales, Alejandra Gómez, and Javier Vallejos
- Underground Mining
- Online Work Capacity Monitoring and Work-Rest Scheduling for a Different Job Nature of Underground Miners / Netai Chandra Dey and A. Somesh Vikrant
- Towards Extracting Absolute Roughness from Underground Mine Drift Profile Data / Curtis Watson and Joshua Marshall
- Underground Mine Design Under Stochastic Scenarios / Paulo Roberto Guimaráes Mello
- Rodrigo de Lemos Peroni and Joáo Felipe Costa / Rodney Wolff
- Process Optimization in Mining: Preconditions, Step-by-Step Implementation and Benefits / Christoph Mueller
- Mine Planning I
- Traditional Versus Stochastic Mine Planning Under Material Type and Grade Uncertainties / Alexandre Marinho and Luis Martinez Tipe
- A Comprehensive Approach to Strategic Open Pit Mine Planning with Stockpile Consideration / Mohammad Tabesh, Hooman Askari-Nasab, and Rodrigo Peroni
- Using Simulation to Assess the Trade-Off Between Value and Reliability in Open Pit Planning / Maximiliano Alarcón, Xavier Emery, and Nelson Morales
- Optimal Economic Envelope of Joint Open-Pit and Underground Mines / Cecilia Julio, Jorge Amaya, Amina Langhari, and Nelson Morales
- Comparing New and Traditional Methodologies for Production Scheduling in Open Pit Mining / Marcos Goycoolea, Daniel Espinoza, Eduardo Moreno, and Orlando RIvera
- Geometallurgical Models for the Quantification of Uncertainty in Mining Project Value Chains / Stephen Coward and Peter Dowd
- Application of the Metaheuristic Approaches in Open Pit Mine Planning / Javad Sattarvand, Omid Gilani, Masoud Soleymani Shishvan, and Asif Khan
- Geotech-Rock Mechanics
- Development of Drone to Collect Geotechnical Data in Large Underground Mines / Srikant Annavarapu and Ganesh P. Kumar
- Rock Mechanics of Tabular Deposits
- A Computational Challenge / William G. Pariseau and Michael K. McCarter
- Application of 3D Geotechnical Block Models in Design of Open Pit Mines
- A Case Study at Mont-Wright Open Pit Mine / Hesameddin Eivazy, Kamran Esmaieli, Raynald Jean, and Francisco Albor
- Technological and Geomechanical Modelling for Mining Safety Improvement / Anatoly, A. Kozyrev, Sergey V. Lukichev, Oleg V. Nagovitsyn, and Inna E. Semenova
- Evaluation of Various Mining Methods to Design an Underground Coal Mine Using Flac 2D / Taraprasad Bhowmick, Tushar Gupta, Gang Chen, Sukumar Bandopadhyay, and Tathagata Ghosh
- Mineral Processing II
- Project Life Cycle Process Modelling and Simulation Using the Limn Toolset / David Wiseman, Robert Bratton, and Gerald Luttrell
- A CFD Model for the Flotation Rate Constant / M. Karimia, G. Skdogan, and S.M. Bradshaw
- A Discrete Element Model for Vibrating Air-Table Separators / Nikhil Gupta, Gerald Luttrell, and Tathagata Ghosh
- Mine Ventilation
- Ventilation System Design for the Sanford Underground Research Facility / Tyler R. Artz, Purushhotham Tukkaraja, and Bryce Pietzyk
- Investigation of the Parameters of the Air Flow in the Longwall Area for Validation of the VentZroby Simulation Software / W. Dziurzyński, T. Palka, and St. Wasilewski
- Application of Genetic Algorithms for Solving Multiple Fan Ventilation Networks / Mahesh Shriwas and Felipe Calizaya
- Sensitivity Study on Ventilation Parameter Changes in a Mine Ventilation System / Gary Li and Stephen Hardcastle
- Optimization of Mine Ventilation Networks Using the Weighted Augmented Lagrange Method / W. Nyaaba, S. Frimpong, and K.A. El-Nagdy
- Monitoring Systems for Coal Mines Utilizing Booster Fans / V. Gangrade, F. Calizaya, and M.G. Nelson
- Mine Discrete-System Simulation II
- Optimizing Design Parameters for Ground Arcticulating Pipeline System Using Discrete Event Simulation / Sisi Que, Kwame Awuah-Offei, and Samuel Frimpong
- Simulation and Optimization in Open Pit Mining / Shiv Prakash Upadhyay, Hooman Askari-Nasab, Mohammad Tabesh, and Mohammad Mahdi Badiozamani
- Investigation into Mine Equipment Subsystem Availability and Reliability Data Modeling Using Discrete Event Simulation / E. Gbadam, K. Awuah-Offei, and S. Frimpong
- How Precise and Accurate Is the Space of Uncertainty Derived from Simulations? / Rafael M. Caixeta, Joáo F.C.L. Costa, Péricles L. Machado, Diniz T. Ribeiro, Dione H. Dias, and Rafaeli O. Pires
- Off-Shore Placer Resource Estimation
- Support Vector Machines: An Emerging Technique for Ore Grade Estimation / Snehamoy Chatterjee, Sridhar Dutta, Dukumar Bandopadhyay, and Biswajit Samanta
- Resource Estimation of an Off-Shore Platinum Deposit Using Sequential Gaussian Simulation / Victor Octavio Tenorio and Dukumar Bandopadhyay
- Improved Ore Grade Estimation Using Clustering and Support Vector Machines / Sridhar Dutta, Sukumar Bandopadhyay, and Debasmita Misra
- Development of a Methodology Combining Clustering and Conditional Simulation for the Definition of Underwater Sampling Models / Victor Octavio Tenorio, Sukumar Bandopadhyay, Debasmita Misra, Sathy Naidu, and John Kelley
- Support Vector Machines Applied for Resource Estimation of Underwater Glacier-Type Platinum Deposits / Victor Octavio Tenoriom, Sukumar Bandopadhyay, Debasmita Misra, Sathy Saidu, and John Kelley
- CFD Application in Mine Ventilation
- Gob Ventilation Modeling on HPC Platforms Using GPGPU/CPU Combinations / R.C. Gilmore, J.F. Brune, J.A. Marts, S.A. Saki, G.E. Bogin Jr., and J.W. Grubb
- CFD Analysis of Airflow Distribution in High Mining Areas of Room-and-Pillar Coal Mining / Yoginder Paul Chugh, Ahmad Zharif Md Azmi, Harrold Gurley, Vijaya Kumar Kollipara, and Joseph Hirschi Validation of Empirical Models for Shock Loss due to Regular Obstructions in Mine Airways Using CFD / J.S. Srivatsan and B.S. Sastry
- Computer Modeling in Unconventional Resource Development
- Production Performance Prediction and Field Dvelopment Design Tool for COalbed Methane Reservoirs: A Neuro-Simulation Approach / Vaibhav Rajput, E.D.K. Basel, and Turgay Ertekin
- Modeling of Asphaltene Component Segregation and Tar Mat Formation / Venu Nagineni, Sukit Leekumjorn and Christian Agger
- Computer in Pore-Network Modeling and Prediction of Flow and Transport Properties in Porous Media / Fidelis O. Wopara, Sunny E. Iyuke, and Abjijit Dandekar
- Accelerating Autonomous Flow Control Technology Adoption by Albertan SAGD Operators via a Simulator-Validation Process / Sudiptya Banerjee