Dynamic multi-period mixed-integer non-linear programming model for equipment selection in the mining industry
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Planning an equipment fleet is a complex engineering challenge involving (1) the capacity selection of equipment pieces forming a fleet, (2) the determination of fleet size, (3) strategic timing of equipment acquisitions, and (4) ensuring compatibility between interconnected equipment. Selecting equipment type involves evaluating capacity to meet production requirements effectively while considering operational constraints. It also requires determining the optimal number of units to avoid underutilisation or redundancy. In multi-period projects, the timing of equipment acquisition further adds complexity, as decisions must align with production rates that evolve over time. Moreover, matching equipment types is essential to ensure smooth and efficient workflows. This study develops a dynamic multi-period mixed-integer non-linear programming model to optimise equipment selection, considering capital recovery, operating costs, and equipment availability under match factor and production constraints. The model's effectiveness is demonstrated through a case study encompassing greenfield and brownfield scenarios in open-pit mining operations. The greenfield scenario emphasises phased equipment acquisition to align with production ramp-up and minimising initial costs. The brownfield scenario addresses the integration of aging and new equipment to sustain operational efficiency. The results highlight the model's flexibility and applicability, offering a robust tool for optimising equipment selection while balancing cost and performance.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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