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An integrated architecture for fixed truck assignment optimization in open-pit mines: Synergistic optimization, hybrid modeling, and multi-objective optimization

2025· article· en· W7109761255 on OpenAlexaff

Bibliographic record

VenueApplied Energy · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicMining Techniques and Economics
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Alberta
FundersNational Key Research and Development Program of ChinaChina Scholarship Council
KeywordsTruckSortingGenetic algorithmFuel efficiencyEnergy consumptionKernel (algebra)Integer programmingReduction (mathematics)Architecture

Abstract

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Fixed truck assignment (FTA) is a prevalent method of truck dispatching in open-pit mining. To improve equipment utilization and reduce energy consumption, this paper proposes an integrated architecture for optimizing FTA. The innovations of this architecture include three aspects: (1) The concept of synergistic optimization is introduced into FTA for the first time, with a proposed approach of “haul distance–transport grouping–fleet speed.” This approach establishes the relationship between equipment utilization, energy consumption, and their influencing factors. (2) A hybrid modeling method is designed, integrating Kernel Principal Component Analysis and Artificial Neural Network (KPCA-ANN) into the programming model to represent the NP-hard nature of the FTA optimization. (3) An adaptive reference point-based Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm III (ARP-NSGA-III) is introduced, incorporating both letter and real-valued encoding to solve the 3 × b -objective ( ∀ b ∈ Z + ) optimization problem across various route topologies. Finally, the integrated architecture is evaluated using historical data from a case mine. The results show that the optimal FTA solution reduces the shovel idle time (SIT) by 679 h, truck waiting time (TWT) by 1.65 × 10 5 h, and truck fuel consumption (TFC) by 6.2 × 10 6 L. The reduction in fuel consumption (FC) is equivalent to reducing 1.65 × 10 4 tons of CO₂ emissions, accounting for 8.3 % of the total CO₂ emissions from haul activities.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.006
Threshold uncertainty score0.013

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0000.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

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.

Opus teacher head0.010
GPT teacher head0.227
Teacher spread0.216 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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