Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0210427

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0210427

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Genetic Algorithms for Open-Cut Mine Scheduling. Open-cut mining depends heavily on long-term scheduling. This project will apply a novel artificial intelligence method, genetic algorithms, to mine scheduling. The aim is to create an improved scheduler as a drop-in replacement for today's methods, which generally assume perfect knowledge of the ore body and future prices and costs. This project will optimize schedules that cope with uncertainties, by searching the possible scenarios to automatically find the best options for different future contingencies. This will produce flexible schedules, to maintain mine viability and job security despite unpredictable economic fluctuations. About 40% of Australia's exports come from mining, so this proposal will benefit the nation's economy, and make secure mining jobs in rural and regional areas.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $50,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neural Networks, Genetic Alogrithms And Fuzzy Logic | Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing | Iron Ores (I.E. Ferrous Ores) | Neural Networks, Genetic Alogrithms And Fuzzy Logic | Other Non-Ferrous Ores (E.G. Copper, Zinc) | Precious (Noble) Metal Ores

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