Modeling of underground mining processes in the environment of MATLAB/Simulink

The article is focused on the creation of a computer model for the planning of the mining process and its application in the planning of the mining activities. The use of computers and specialized software in mining has brought great new possibilities to speed up and refine the planning process. The paper deals with the use of software tools in mining and their application, the overview of available market planning software and their functions. The main part of the article is the design of a computer planning model of mining. The presented article is focused on modeling in MATLAB/Simulink environment, preparation of input data, a description of its function and its application. MATLAB is a worldwide popular software for technical computing and simulation. It is a convenient tool for simulating mining processes. The purpose of the article is to point on possibilities of modeling of mining processes in the MATLAB environment. The emphasis on creating the model was based on the simplicity and difficulty in inputting the input parameters and the overall work with the created model. At the end of the article, additional options for expanding and improving the model are summarized.