摘要：AbstractSimulation has been used for decades in the mining industry to improve the design of haulage systems and optimize their operations. There are in the market many simulation environments for carrying out these tasks. Despite the existence of these advanced tools, there is a need of having more flexible environments that could be easily integrated with other tools such as optimization, advanced data analysis and real-time systems. In this work, the use of SimEventsTMis explored to build basic models of the main components of a haulage system. Using the unique abstraction mechanism of this environment, the main components are programmed as blocks that can be used to configure mining haulage systems. A hypothetical open-pit haulage system is simulated using Arena and the proposed simulation environment. Several simulation scenarios are used to compare the different features of these simulation tools and demonstrate the flexibility of the SimEventsTMmodels to address different operational scenarios including the integration of dispatching and maintenance operations. In addition, these models, unlike the Arena ones, have the potential to be seamlessly integrated with other MatlabTMtoolboxes for optimization and analysis.
