The use of ANN in improving efficiency and ensuring the stability of the copper ore mining process

The aim of the article is to propose a concept for controlling the loading and haulage process and copper ore in a mine with a pillar-chamber system. An appropriate method of control should ensure the production level assumed in the production plan at the lowest costs of the process. It is important to properly select the cost account showing the impact of cost factors (variable parameters) on the total costs of the process. In the presented concept, it is proposed to build an SSW model which will allow for such control of the rigs and haulage process, so that the process remains stable in the assumed period and the economic result is as large as possible. The process will remain stable if the extraction volume is consistent with the volume planned in the production plan. In addition, process control will be aimed at ensuring the lowest total costs of rigs and hauling off the output. The decision model proposed in the article will enable quick decisions to be made, allowing for the implementation of production plans while ensuring the criterion of production efficiency. Optimization of processes often leads to problems where there is a need to resolve the issues of process evaluation based on more than one objective function. The proposed solutions have been adapted to mining systems operating under the conditions of a given enterprise.