The optimization of dispatch equipment maintenance and repair transportation routes mines using ant colony algorithm

Now near 50% of the surface mine costs are the transportation costs. This issue becomes more important with the development of mine and extra production. Larger trucks that capable of carrying more than 220 used to decrease these costs. Using large trucks caused damages to the roads in mines. Some of the roads are not properly designed from beginning and thus not only increases maintenance Costs, but also increases operating costs and maintenance costs of the mine trucks. Therefore need to check and repair the access roads to the mines in regular intervals is obvious.In this thesis we use ant colony algorithm to scheduling emission motor graders to repair access roads to the mines. Using combination of a meta-heuristic algorithm and innovative deterministic algorithm, causes optimized travel path for motor graders and fix broken parts of the road network will be possible. We developed the software that could be used for any other road networks.

کلیدواژه ها:

Reliability ، Haul Road ، Maintenance Management System ، Ant colony algorithm