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Career

· Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Sustainable Mineral Resource Development and Optimization Under Uncertainty, McGill University2005–
· PhD Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
· Professor, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University
· MSc, University of Alberta
· BSc, University of Thessaloniki

Publications (640)

Moving forward from traditional optimization: grade uncertainty and risk effects in open-pit design
2002
220
cited
Production scheduling with uncertain supply: a new solution to the open pit mining problem
2013
194
cited
Global optimization of open pit mining complexes with uncertainty
Applied Soft Computing · 2016
186
cited
A diversified Tabu search approach for the open-pit mine production scheduling problem with metal uncertainty
European Journal of Operational Research · 2012
184
cited
Geostatistical Simulation of Regionalized Pore-Size Distributions Using Min/Max Autocorrelation Factors
2000
147
cited
High-order Statistics of Spatial Random Fields: Exploring Spatial Cumulants for Modeling Complex Non-Gaussian and Non-linear Phenomena
2009
144
cited
Stochastic optimization for strategic mine planning: A decade of developments
2011
144
cited
Geostatistics for the Next Century
1994
142
cited
Optimizing mining complexes with multiple processing and transportation alternatives: An uncertainty-based approach
European Journal of Operational Research · 2014
130
cited
Evaluating mine plans under uncertainty: Can the real options make a difference?
2007
122
cited
Block Simulation of Multiple Correlated Variables
2009
121
cited
Generalized Sequential Gaussian Simulation on Group Size ν and Screen-Effect Approximations for Large Field Simulations
2004
113
cited
Conditional simulation algorithms for modelling orebody uncertainty in open pit optimisation
1998
109
cited
Simultaneous Stochastic Optimization of Mining Complexes and Mineral Value Chains
Mathematical Geosciences · 2017
104
cited
Stochastic long-term production scheduling of iron ore deposits: Integrating joint multi-element geological uncertainty
Journal of mining science · 2013
100
cited
Uncertainty-based production scheduling in open pit mining
2004
98
cited
Stochastic optimisation model for open pit mine planning: application and risk analysis at copper deposit
2007
97
cited
A maximum upside / minimum downside approach to the traditional optimization of open pit mine design
2007
90
cited
High-order Stochastic Simulation of Complex Spatially Distributed Natural Phenomena
2010
90
cited
Stochastic mine design optimisation based on simulated annealing: pit limits, production schedules, multiple orebody scenarios and sensitivity analysis
2009
89
cited
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