A mobile application based on multi-criteria decision-making methods for underground mining method selection

Abstract

A mobile application has been developed for selecting the most convenient underground mining method for a mine by employing well-known multi-criteria decision-making methods such as TOPSIS, VIKOR, ELECTRE, FMADM and PROMETHEE. The developed mobile application can carry out the selection process by prioritising valid alternative set of underground mining methods for taking into account some decision factors which are not considered in the conventional underground mining method selection approaches. In this way, the engineers are able to use this application for the selection of underground mining method on their mobile devices in anywhere.