Multi-criteria Filtering Approach for Comparison and Analysis of Scheduling Alternative Scenarios: Case Study on an Open Pit Phosphate Mine
Abstract
Open-pit phosphate mine is characterized by a stack of layers with different chemical characteristics (Source qualities SQ). The extraction process involves various elementary operations performed by a dedicated or polyvalent machines. The tactical mining scheduling consists to define the blocs to be extracted and assign the machines over the planning horizon. However, the interdependencies and complexity characterizing this problem make the decision-making process so difficult. This paper proposes a multi-criteria approach integrated in an Interactive Decision Support System (IDSS) based on an original sequential approach selecting the most performant mining scenarios. Indeed, a discrete event simulation-based model developed and encapsulated in this IDSS proposes various scenarios. With a developed multi-criteria filtering approach, each scenario is approved by a feasibility study to verify that a scenario can satisfy the demand for merchantable qualities (MQ). Then, the feasible scenarios are analyzed based on their robustness when facing disturbed demand vectors and compared by other effectiveness and efficiency criteria. To preserve only the two or three most performant scenarios.
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