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

Proceedings, Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry (APCOM), Johannesburg, South Africa, 35–44, 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), Paper no: 587, 2021 BibTeX reference

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

6 publications