João Pedro De Carvalho

Student (Ph.D.), GERAD

McGill University

joao.decarvalho@mail.mcgill.ca

Education

since Sep 2018

Ph.D.

McGill University – Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, director

Sep 2016 – Oct 2018

Master's degree High-order stochastic block-support simulation at a gold deposit and effects on mine design and production scheduling

McGill University – Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, director

Publications

Sep 2021

Smart equipment allocation decisions and short-term stochastic production planning updating in mining complexes through reinforcement learning

João Pedro De Carvalho and Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

To appear in: Proceedings, Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry (APCOM), Johannesburg, South Africa, 2021 BibTeX reference

Jun 2021

Integrating production planning with truck-dispatching decisions through reinforcement learning while managing uncertainty

João Pedro De Carvalho and Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

Minerals, 11(6), page 587, 2021 BibTeX reference

Aug 2019

High-order block support spatial simulation and application at a gold deposit

João Pedro De Carvalho, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, and Ilnur Minniakhmetov

Mathematical Geosciences, 51(6), 793–810, 2019 BibTeX reference

4 publications

Cahiers du GERAD

Apr 2021

G-2021-18
Towards real-time mining: Integrating production planning with truck-dispatching decisions through reinforcement learning while managing uncertainty

João Pedro De Carvalho and Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

This paper presents a new truck dispatching policy approach that is adaptive given different mining complex configurations in order to deliver supply materia...

BibTeX reference

Oct 2018

G-2018-85
High-order block support spatial simulation and application at a gold deposit

João Pedro De Carvalho, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, and Ilnur Minniakhmetov

High-order sequential simulation methods have been developped as an alternative to existing frameworks to facilitate the modelling of spatial complexity of...

BibTeX reference