Chunyan Meng, Samuel Frimpong, and Mingjian Zuo, A Quadratic Programming Model for Blast Scheduling, J. Univ. Sci. Technol. Beijing, 6(1999), No. 3, pp. 165-167.
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Chunyan Meng, Samuel Frimpong, and Mingjian Zuo, A Quadratic Programming Model for Blast Scheduling, J. Univ. Sci. Technol. Beijing, 6(1999), No. 3, pp. 165-167.
Chunyan Meng, Samuel Frimpong, and Mingjian Zuo, A Quadratic Programming Model for Blast Scheduling, J. Univ. Sci. Technol. Beijing, 6(1999), No. 3, pp. 165-167.
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Chunyan Meng, Samuel Frimpong, and Mingjian Zuo, A Quadratic Programming Model for Blast Scheduling, J. Univ. Sci. Technol. Beijing, 6(1999), No. 3, pp. 165-167.
Ph. D. Student (correspondent), 606-Chemical-Mineral Building, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, T6G 2G6, Edmonton, AB. Canada
Associate protessor, School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, University of Alberta
Associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta
A quadratic programming model is established to choose the blocks to be blasted in a given period. The length of this period depends on the production planning requirements. During the given period, the blocks' parameters are available from the geological database of the mine. The objective is to minimize the deviation of the average ore grade of blasted blocks from the standard ore grade required by the mill. Transportation ability constraint. production quantity demand constraint. minimum safety bench constraint. block size constraint and block, bench precedence constraints are considered in forming the programming model. This model has more practical objective function and reasonable constraints compared with the existing model for this kind of problems.