A multiple objective transportation problem approach to dynamic truck dispatching in surface mines

Ali Moradi Afrapoli, Mohammad Tabesh and Hooman Askari-Nasab

European Journal of Operational Research, 2019, vol. 276, issue 1, 331-342

Abstract: In surface mining operations, fleet management systems seek to make optimal decisions to handle material in two steps: path production optimization and real-time truck dispatching. This paper develops a multiple objective transportation model for real-time truck dispatching. The model addresses two major drawbacks of former models. The proposed model dispatches the trucks to destinations trying to simultaneously minimize shovel idle times, truck wait times, and deviations from the path production requirements established by the production optimization stage. To evaluate the performance of the proposed model, we developed a benchmark model based on the backbone of the most widely used fleet management system in the mining industry (Modular Mining DISPATCH). Afterward, we built a discrete event simulation model of the truck and shovel operation using an iron ore mine case study, implemented both of the dispatching models, and compared the results. The implementation of the models suggests that the multiple objective model developed in this paper is able to meet the production requirements of the operation using a fleet at 85% of the size of the deterministically calculated desired fleet. In addition, the model is able to meet the full capacity of the processing plants with a fleet of 30% less trucks than the desired fleet.

Keywords: Simulation; Multiple objective programming; Goal programming; Truck dispatching; Fleet management system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2019.01.008

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