Publications from 2009 to 2014

2013-2014

Quiroz J., Morales N., Rudloff B., "Using real options to introduce flexibility in mine planning under uncertainty", in MinePlanning 2013, Santiago, Chile.
Jélvez E., Morales N., Nancel-Penard P., Mancilla D., "Combining and comparing strategies for open pit block scheduling", in MinePlanning 2013, Santiago, Chile.
Vargas E., Morales N., Emery X. "Footprint and Economic Envelope Calculation for Block/Panel Caving Mines under Geological Uncertainty", in MinePlanning 2013, Santiago, Chile (POSTER).
Quiroz J., Morales N., Rudloff B., "Using real options to introduce flexibility in mine planning under uncertainty", in APCOM 2013, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Jélvez E., Mancilla D., Morales N., Nancel-Penard P., "Comparing heuristics for the open pit block scheduling problem", in APCOM 2013, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Vargas E., Morales N., Emery X., "Footprint and Economic Envelope Calculation. for Block Caving Based Mines Under Geological Uncertainty", in Caving 2014, Santiago, Chile.
Morales N., "Optimization of Mine Development Planning", in Caving 2014, Santiago, Chile.
Nelis G., Morales N., Ortiz J. "Stochastic Programming applied to Mine Planning under Geological Uncertainty with Different Levels of Information", in IFORS 2014, Barcelona, España.
Alarcón M., Morales N., Emery X., McFarlane A., López A., Mancilla D., "Integrating data analysis, geostatistics and mine planning to compute the ultimate pit", in GeoMet 2014, Santiago, Chile.

2012

Maximiliano Alarcón, Edgardo Madariaga, Nelson Morales y Enrique Rubio, Integrating constructability of a project into the optimization of the production planning and scheduling, in MassMin 2012, Sudbury, Canada.
Winston Rocher, Milivoj Smoljanovic, Enrique Rubio y Nelson Morales, Optimal sequencing and scheduling for a block/panel cave mining, in MassMin 2012, Sudbury, Canada.
Manuel Reyes, Xavier Emery and Nelson Morales, Final Pit: Simulated annealing approach with floating cones, in MININ 2012, Santiago, Chile.
Enrique Jelvez, Nelson Morales, Juan Peypouquet and Patricio Reyes, Algorithms based on aggregation for the open pit block scheduling problem, in MININ 2012, Santiago, Chile.
Bastian Rudloff and Nelson Morales, Real Options in open pit mine planning under geological uncertainty, in MININ 2012, Santiago, Chile.
Maximiliano Alarcón, Edgardo Madariaga and Nelson Morales, Underground development sequencer and schedule applied to a panel caving mine, in MININ 2012, Santiago, Chile.
Bastián Rudloff, Nelson Morales, "Aumento de confiabilidad en planes de producción de minas operadas a cielo abierto, mediante la incorporación de incertidumbre geológica y opciones reales.", in VI Seminario de Acercamiento Tecnológico, Calama, Chile, 2012.
Manuel Reyes, Xavier Emery, Enrique Jelvez y Nelson Morales, "Fast algorithms for open pit planninf: Tackling uncertainty in mining", en VI Seminario de Acercamiento Tecnológico, Calama, Chile, 2012.
Nelson Morales, Sharing Chilean and Southafrican experiences in mine planning research: MineLink, in Efficient Optimization for Mine Planning, 2012, Johannesburg, Southafrica.

2011

Nelson Morales, Enrique Rubio, Winston Rocher, "UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT SEQUENCER AND SCHEDULER CONSIDERING CONSTRUCTABILITY", in MinePlanning Antofagasta, Junio 2011.
Nelson Morales, Enrique Rubio, Milivoj Smoljanovic, "BLOCK/PANEL CAVING SCHEDULING UNDER PRECEDENCE CONSTRAINTS", in MinePlanning, Antofagasta, Junio 2011.
María José Alpízar, Nelson Morales, Enrique Rubio, Jacques Wiertz "MODELS TO REDUCE DIESEL CONSUMPTION OF TRANSPORT AND ARSENIC EMISSIONS", in MinePlanning, Antofagasta, Junio 2011.
Nelson Morales, Winston Rocher, Enrique Rubio, Milivoj Smoljanovic, "Integrating constructability of a project into the optimization of production plans and schedules" in IFORS, Melbourne, Australia, Julio 2011.
Nelson Morales, Enrique Rubio, "Planificación Minera de Corto Plazo para Cielo Abierto", in Primer Taller Internacional de Planificación Minera OVIMINE, Lima, Perú, Marzo 2011.
Enrique Jélvez, Nelson Morales, Juan Peypouquet, Patricio Reyes, "Aggregation heuristics for producing lower bounds to the open pit sequencing problem" in X ISORA, Lima, Perú, Septiembre 2011.
Winston Rocher, Nelson Morales, Enrique Rubio, "Eight-Dimensional Planning: Construction of an Integrated Model for the Mine Planning Involving Constructability", in proceedings of APCOM 2011, Wollongong, Australia, Septiembre 2011.
Milivoj Smoljanovic, Nelson Morales, Enrique Rubio: "Panel Caving Scheduling Under Precedence Constraints Considering Mining System." in proceedings of APCOM 2011, Wollongong, Australia, Septiembre 2011.
Winston Rocher: "Ocean mining, Undersea mining or Offshore mining in the Chilean National Legislatoin, in the International Law and its technological Progress", in proceedings of UNDERWATER MINING INSTITUTE 2011, Hawaii, Septiembre 2011.
Winston Rocher: "Secuenciamiento de Preparación y Desarrollo Minero en Faenas Subterráneas", 60a convencion del Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas de Chile, Calama, Chile, Octubre 2011.
Winston Rocher: "Nuevo mundo, nuevos recursos", 60a convencion del Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas de Chile, Calama, Chile, Octubre 2011.

2010

Newman A., Rubio E., Caro R., Weintraub A., Eurek K. "A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning", J. Interfaces Volume 40 Issue 3, May 2010.
Nelson Morales, "Short-Term Open Pit planning with blending constraints" in Discrete Mathematics, Sydney.
Nelson Morales, Enrique Rubio, "Robust Open-Pit Planning under Geological Uncertainty", in MININ 2010, Santiago.
Jorge Amaya, Nelson Morales, "Mathematical Formulation and Strategies for the Mine Planning Problem", in ALIO INFORMS, Buenos Aires 2010.
María José Alpízar, Nelson Morales, Jacques Wiertz, "Optimization Models to reduce CO2 emisions and energy consumption of transport in openpit mines", ABSTRACT in ENERMIN, Santiago 2010.
Enrique Rubio, Nelson Morales, Fernando Peirano, Marcelo Vargas, "DELPHOS: Laboratorio de Planificación Minera", V Seminario de Acercamiento Tecnológico, Calama.
Delphos organizó también el primer Taller de Planificación Delphos.

2009

Camilo Morales, Enrique Rubio, ''Development of a Mathematical Programming Model to Support the Planning of Short-Term Mining'' at APCOM 2009, Vancouver, Canada
Andrés Solar, Enrique Rubio, Alexandra Newman, "Open Pit Underground Transition Supported by Integer Linear Programming Modeling", in APCOM 2009, Vancouver.
Enrique Rubio, "Planning Caving Operations Using Underground Infrastructure Reliability Models, Andina Case Study", in APCOM 2009, Vancouver.
Marcelo Vargas, Nelson Morales and Enrique Rubio, ''A short term mine planning model for open-pit mines with blending constraints" in MinePlanning 2009, Santiago, Chile.
Marcelo Vargas, Nelson Morales, Patricio Mora, "Secuencing Model for Reserves Extraction Incorporating Operacional and Geometallurgical Variables" in MinePlanning 2009, Santiago.
Fernando Peirano and Marcelo Vargas, Eman Widijanto, Eman Widijanto, "Risk Associated to Incorporating Indicated and Inferred Resources in a Mine Plan", in MinePlanning 2009, Santiago.
Gustavo Donoso, Álvaro Vergara and Rodrigo Zúñiga, Nelson Morales and Enrique Rubio, "Mathematical Modelling for Planning Under Geological Uncertainties", in MinePlanning 2009, Santiago.
Camilo Morales, Nelson Morales and Enrique Rubio, ''Short Term Mine Planning Model Supporting Geometallurgical Operational Blending'' in INFORMS 2009, San Diego, USA.
Sebastián Troncoso, Patricio Prieto, Enrique Rubio, "Cut off Grade Optimizer Integrating Contaminant Constraints" in Proceeding of APCOM 2009, Vancouver.