Method and system for determining the robustness of a mine plan

A system for determining the robustness of a mine plan, the system comprising:

• a processor configured to at least:
• replicate a mine plan, the mine plan including one or more tasks required to perform operations in a mine;
• group the one or more tasks into one or more work packages, each work package being associated with a duration of time;
• determine, for the one or more work packages, a variance associated with the duration of time;
• apply the variance based on at least one simulation to generate a float, the float being the duration of time between the completion of a precedent work package and/or the commencement of a subsequent work package;
• consolidate each float from the at least one simulation into a robustness index;
• and
• display at least a portion of the robustness index to a user via a graphical user interface.

A computer implemented method for determining the robustness of a mine plan, the method comprising computer program code instructions, being executable by a computer for:

• replicating a mine plan, the mine plan including a set of tasks required to perform operations in a mine;
• parsing the mine plan into one or more activities involving the movement of an inventory mass between one or more nodes in the mine;
• determining, for one or more activities, a variance associated with one or more of the quality, quantity, rate and time;
• apply the variance based on at least one simulation to generate a float, the float being the inventory mass between the nodes;
• consolidating each float from the at least one simulation into a robustness index;
• and
• displaying at least a portion of the robustness index to a user via a graphical user interface.

A system for determining the robustness of a mine plan, the system comprising:

• a processor configured to at least:
• replicate a mine plan, the mine plan including a set of tasks required to perform operations in a mine;
• process the mine plan into one or more activities involving the movement of an inventory mass between one or more nodes in the mine;
• determine, for one or more activities, a variance associated with one or more of the quality, quantity, rate and time;
• apply the variance based on at least one simulation to generate a float, the float being the inventory mass between the nodes;
• consolidate each float from the at least one simulation into a robustness index;
• and
• display at least a portion of the robustness index to a user via a graphical user interface.