A Queueing Model for the Design and Analysis of a MiningStockyard

Authors:
Michael Binkowski;Brenan J. McCarragher
Affiliations:
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia;Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Venue:
Discrete Event Dynamic Systems
Year:
1999

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Abstract

In this paper we model the operation of a mining stockyard byan \erk queue. We describe the stockpile configuration of thestockyard by a set of discrete parameters, taking values in theset of positive integers, which define the queueing system. Ourgoal is to optimise both the throughput and a penalised throughputof this queueing system, by selecting the optimal number andsize of the stockpiles within the stockyard. This is accomplishedby the development of several tools, including a local searchalgorithm that exploits the specific nature and constraints ofthe system.