João Pedro De Carvalho Student (Ph.D.), GERAD share McGill University joao.decarvalho@mail.mcgill.ca Education since Sep 2018 Ph.D. McGill University – Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, director Sep 2016 – Oct 2018 Master's degree High-order stochastic block-support simulation at a gold deposit and effects on mine design and production scheduling McGill University – Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, director Publications Oct 2024 Integrating geometallurgy in the simulation of processing plant responses and applying policy gradient for shovel allocation in operating mining complexes João Pedro De Carvalho and Roussos Dimitrakopoulos To appear in: International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 2024 BibTeX reference Jan 2024 Simultaneous shovel allocation and grade control decisions for short-term production planning of industrial mining complexes – an actor-critic approach João Pedro De Carvalho and Roussos Dimitrakopoulos International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 38(1), 53–78, 2024 BibTeX reference Oct 2023 Integrating short-term stochastic production planning updating to mining fleet management in industrial mining complexes: An actor-critic reinforcement learning approach João Pedro De Carvalho and Roussos Dimitrakopoulos Applied Intelligence, 53, 23179–23202, 2023 BibTeX reference 10 publications