Truck Selection with the Fuzzy-WSM Method in Transportation Systems of Open Pit Mines

Abstract

Open pit mines gain width and become more complicated as they are deeper today, and it is inevitable to carry the produced material with a truck transportation system. Therefore, in large-scale businesses, truck selection has great importance for the transportation costs to be sustainable. This study investigates the main factors and corresponding criteria influential in selection of trucks, which are the most frequent used means of transportation in open pit mines. Analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy weighted sum model are employed to solve the selection problem. Six different truck types and 20 selection criteria are considered. As a result of technical analysis, most suitable trucks are found.

Keywords

• Fuzzy Weighted-Sum Model (FWSM)
• mining truck
• open pit mine
• truck transportation