The dispatch of trucks and shovel has always been an important component in the success of open pit mine operations. Dispatch systems have evolved from manual to today automatic with almost no human intervention. Although dispatching systems available today are “pseudo real time” and efficient, the optimal dispatching is realized over subsets of the fleet when dealing with large fleets. This ap...

In this paper, I will reflect upon Aristotle’s argument claiming that the function of a human being is to engage in activity of soul in accord with reason (AWR). I will explicate and further defend this argument, which is based on the fact that the function of X must characterize it as an X and set a standard for X’s impairment and excellence, and the only candidates for a human’s function are:...

Traditionally, thematic relatedness (chicken and egg) and similarity (chicken and turkey) have been thought of as distinct phenomena, the former the result of associative processes, and the latter reflecting comparison processes . However, recent studies (Bassok & Medin, 1996 ; Wisniewski & Bassok, 1996) suggest that similarity is a result of both association and comparison . This could call fo...

ed from actual and possible preferences. Welfare interests consist in just that set of generalized resources that will be necessary for people to have before pursuing any of the more particular preferences that they might happen to have. Health, money, shelter, sustenance, and such like are all demonstrably welfare interests of this sort, useful resources whatever people’s particular projects a...