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Yashar Pourrahimian
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Research
Latest funding
- $240,000
Transformative digital framework for risk-aware, AI-Enabled optimization in geometallurgical mine planning and processing
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $450,000
Mine Haulage Network Simulation-Optimization
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $78,000
A Theoretical Paradigm Shift for Compliance of Strategic and Short-term Block Caving Mine Plans towards Sustainable Mineral Development
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
Transformative digital framework for risk-aware, AI-Enabled optimization in geometallurgical mine planning and processing
Principal investigators: Pourrahimian, Yashar
Keywords: Mineral resources (prospecting, exploration, mining, extraction, processing); Natural resources (economic aspects)
Mine Haulage Network Simulation-Optimization
Principal investigators: Askari-Nasab, Hooman H
Keywords: discrete event simulation; haulage and loading; long-term mine planning; mine operational planning; mining fleet management systems; oil sands mining; open pit mining; short-term mine planning; simulation of mining systems; surface mining
A Theoretical Paradigm Shift for Compliance of Strategic and Short-term Block Caving Mine Plans towards Sustainable Mineral Development
Principal investigators: Pourrahimian, Yashar
Keywords: underground mining; block caving; mine planning and design; long-term mine planning; short-term mine planning; mining operations; sustainable mining
Optimization of open pit mine production scheduling with in-pit waste disposal
Principal investigators: Pourrahimian, Yashar
Dynamic In-Pit Crusher Location Optimization in the Presence of Operational Uncertainty
Principal investigators: Askari-Nasab, Hooman H
9th Mining optimization laboratory technical seminar with web conferencing option
Principal investigators: Pourrahimian, Yashar
Developing an Approach to Generate a Watertight Mesh Adaptive with Cavity Monitoring System (CMS)
Principal investigators: Pourrahimian, Yashar
An optimization framework for block-cave mine planning
Principal investigators: Pourrahimian, Yashar
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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