M. Hakimiyan Bidgoli

[ 1 ] - Application of simulated annealing for optimization of blasting costs due to air overpressure constraints in open-pit mines

Estimating the costs of blasting operations is an important parameter in open-pit mining. Blasting and rock fragmentation depend on two groups of variables. The first group consists of mass properties, which are uncontrollable, and the second one is the drill-and-blast design parameters, which can be controlled and optimized. The design parameters include burden, spacing, hole length, hole diam...