“…These complexities create an environment which makes it difficult to analyze simultaneously all relevant factors. Different methodologies have been used to select surface mining equipment including but not limited to expert systems (Bandopadhyay and Venkatasubramanian, 1987;Denby and Schofield, 1990;Amirkhanian and Baker, 1992;Ganguli and Bandopadhyay, 2002), mathematical modeling (Fishler, 1987;Çelebi, 1998), computerized modeling (Chan and Harris, 1989;Haidar, 1999;Alkass et al 2003), simulations (Sturgul, 2000), queuing theory (Alkass et al 2003), and multi attribute decision making (Samanta, 2002;Bascetin, 2003;Bascetin, 2004;Kazakidis, 2004;Kulak, 2005;Shapita and Goldenberg, 2005;Bascetin et al 2006;Tayeb 2007;Aghajani and Osanloo, 2007;Aghajani et al 2009;Aghajani et al, 2011).…”