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Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

D-Index & Metrics

Mathematics

D-Index
46
Citations
7309
World Ranking
1386
National Ranking
46

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
48
Citations
7879
World Ranking
4639
National Ranking
189

Roussos Dimitrakopoulos publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roussos Dimitrakopoulos sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 241 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Roussos Dimitrakopoulos D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roussos Dimitrakopoulos sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
  • 2019 - Canada Research Chair (Tier I)
  • 2019 - Canada Research Chair (Tier I)
  • 2018 - Sustainable Mineral Resource Development and Optimization under Uncertainty Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
  • 2018 - Sustainable Mineral Resource Development and Optimization under Uncertainty Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
  • 2017 - William Christian Krumbein Medal, International Association for Mathematical Geosciences
  • 2017 - William Christian Krumbein Medal, International Association for Mathematical Geosciences
  • 2015 - APCOM Recognition Award, Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry
  • 2015 - Georges Matheron Lecturer Award, International Association for Mathematical Geosciences
  • 2015 - Georges Matheron Lecturer Award, International Association for Mathematical Geosciences
  • 2015 - APCOM Recognition Award, Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry
  • 2013 - Mineral Economics Award, The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
  • 2013 - Mineral Economics Award, The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
  • 2011 - Synergy Award for Innovation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
  • 2011 - Synergy Award for Innovation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
  • 2010 - Fellow of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
  • 2010 - Fellow of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Overview

Roussos Dimitrakopoulos is affiliated with McGill University in Canada, specializing in the field of Engineering. Their research encompasses various subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main research topics covered in their work include Mining Techniques and Economics, Mineral Processing and Grinding, Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and Extraction and Separation Processes.

The scientist has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Joint stochastic short-term production scheduling and fleet management optimization for mining complexes," 2020, Optimization and Engineering
  • "Integrating Production Planning with Truck-Dispatching Decisions through Reinforcement Learning While Managing Uncertainty," 2021, Minerals
  • "Simultaneous stochastic optimization of mining complexes - mineral value chains: an overview of concepts, examples and comparisons," 2022, International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment
  • "Adaptive self-learning mechanisms for updating short-term production decisions in an industrial mining complex," 2020, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
  • "Production scheduling in industrial mining complexes with incoming new information using tree search and deep reinforcement learning," 2021, Applied Soft Computing

The frequent publication venues where Dimitrakopoulos' work appears include:

  • International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment
  • Mathematical Geosciences
  • Mining Technology Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy
  • Minerals
  • Resources Policy

Collaboration is a significant component of their work, with frequent coauthors comprising:

  • Zachary Levinson
  • Lingqing Yao
  • Yassine Yaakoubi
  • Christian Both
  • Joao Pedro de Carvalho

The body of research reflects a strong focus on mining and industrial applications, employing advanced optimization, reinforcement learning, and stochastic methods to address production scheduling, fleet management, and operational uncertainties within mining complexes.

Best Publications

  • Moving forward from traditional optimization: grade uncertainty and risk effects in open-pit design

    R. Dimitrakopoulos;C. T. Farrelly;M. Godoy

  • Production scheduling with uncertain supply: a new solution to the open pit mining problem

    Salih Ramazan;Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

  • A diversified Tabu search approach for the open-pit mine production scheduling problem with metal uncertainty

    Amina Lamghari;Roussos G. Dimitrakopoulos

  • Global optimization of open pit mining complexes with uncertainty

    Ryan C. Goodfellow;Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

  • Geostatistics for the Next Century

    Eric R. Ziegel;R. Dimitrakopoulos

  • High-order Statistics of Spatial Random Fields: Exploring Spatial Cumulants for Modeling Complex Non-Gaussian and Non-linear Phenomena

    Roussos Dimitrakopoulos;Hussein Mustapha;Erwan Gloaguen

  • Geostatistical Simulation of Regionalized Pore-Size Distributions Using Min/Max Autocorrelation Factors

    A. J. Desbarats;R. Dimitrakopoulos

  • Stochastic optimization for strategic mine planning: A decade of developments

    R. Dimitrakopoulos

  • Evaluating mine plans under uncertainty: Can the real options make a difference?

    Roussos G. Dimitrakopoulos;Sabry A. Abdel Sabour

  • Stochastic optimisation model for open pit mine planning: application and risk analysis at copper deposit

    A. Leite;R. Dimitrakopoulos

  • Conditional simulation algorithms for modelling orebody uncertainty in open pit optimisation

    Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

  • Generalized sequential Gaussian simulation on group size v and screen-effect approximations for large field simulations

    Roussos Dimitrakopoulos;Xiaochun Luo

  • Block Simulation of Multiple Correlated Variables

    Alexandre Boucher;Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

  • Stochastic long-term production scheduling of iron ore deposits: Integrating joint multi-element geological uncertainty

    Jörg Benndorf;Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

  • A maximum upside / minimum downside approach to the traditional optimization of open pit mine design

    R. Dimitrakopoulos;L. Martinez;S. Ramazan

  • Optimizing mining complexes with multiple processing and transportation alternatives: An uncertainty-based approach

    Luis Montiel;Roussos G. Dimitrakopoulos

  • Spatiotemporal Modelling: Covariances and Ordinary Kriging Systems

    Roussos Dimitrakopoulos;Xiaochun Luo

  • Data-driven fuzzy analysis in quantitative mineral resource assessment

    X. Luo;R. Dimitrakopoulos

  • Traditional and New MIP Models for Production Scheduling With In-Situ Grade Variability

    Salih Ramazan;Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

  • Simultaneous Stochastic Optimization of Mining Complexes and Mineral Value Chains

    Ryan Goodfellow;Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

Frequent Co-Authors

Karlis Muehlenbachs
Karlis Muehlenbachs University of Alberta
Abbas Firoozabadi
Abbas Firoozabadi Rice University
Jacques A. Ferland
Jacques A. Ferland University of Montreal
Denis Marcotte
Denis Marcotte Polytechnique Montréal
Louis J. Durlofsky
Louis J. Durlofsky Stanford University
David Avis
David Avis McGill University

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