Short-Term Scheduling of Production Fleets in Underground Mines Using CP-Based LNS
2021 (English)In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Nature , 2021, p. 365-382Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Coordinating the mobile production fleet in underground mines becomes increasingly important as the machines are more and more automated. We present a scheduling approach that applies to several of the most important production methods used in underground mines. Our algorithm combines constraint programming with a large neighborhood search strategy that dynamically adjusts the neighborhood size. The resulting algorithm is complete and able to rapidly improve constructed schedules in practice. In addition, it has important benefits when it comes to the acceptance of the approach in real-life operations. Our approach is evaluated on public and private industrial problem instances representing different mines and production methods. We find significant improvements over the current industrial practice.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature , 2021. p. 365-382
Keywords [en]
Constraint programming, Large neighborhood search, Scheduling, Underground mining, Computer programming, Constraint theory, Operations research, Optimization, Industrial practices, Industrial problem, Mobile productions, Neighborhood size, Production methods, Short-term scheduling, Artificial intelligence
National Category
Computer Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-310725DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78230-6_23ISI: 000885083100023Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85111409310OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-310725DiVA, id: diva2:1651805
Conference
18th International Conference on the Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research, CPAIOR 2021, Virtual, Online,5-8 July 2021
Note
Part of proceedings ISBN: 978-3-030-78229-0
QC 20220413
2022-04-132022-04-132022-12-16Bibliographically approved