An application of IPA approach on the optimization of a mining port stockyard system

• Main Authors: Ayu, Media Anugerah, Cardew-Hall, Michael
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/4653/1/IPA_01167698.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/4653/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WODES.2002.1167698

In this research a stockyard system of a mining operation was analyzed using backward analysis. The system was decomposed into two sub-systems : sub-system 1 modelled the outflow from the stockyard and sub-system 2 which show the inflow. Perturbation Analysis Robbins Monro Single Run (PARMSR) algorithm were applied in the optimization of sub-system 1 and rules devised to determining optimal operating condition in sub-system 2. The results show that PARMSR algorithm applying IPA can be used to estimate the optimal cost function in subsystem 1 with a high level of confidence. Using the result from sub-system 1, sub-system 2 was analyzed based on rules devised to obtain an overall optimal result of the stockyard system. The overall results can be used to build an optimal operating management strategy of a stockyard system of a mining operation at certain set of stockyard capacity.