1. An automation system for scheduling the operation of autonomous entities within a defined geographical region containing a plurality of localized zones having operation-defined geographical boundaries, the automation system comprising: a plurality of autonomous entities; a hierarchical control system having a top level controller associated with the defined geographical region and a plurality of lower level controllers, wherein each lower level controller is associated with a localized zone, the top level and lower level controllers are configured in a hierarchy determined by the spatial location of the localized zones in the geographical region, the control system in communication with a computer-implemented mine analysis system, a computer-implemented planning system, and the plurality of autonomous entities to control operation of the autonomous entities, the mine analysis system configured for receiving sensor information from a plurality of sensors of at least two different types relating to one or more of spatial spectral and geological properties associated with the geographical region, the localised zones and the plurality of autonomous entities; generating, based on the received sensor information, a plurality of models of the defined geographical region, at least one model associated with a first sensor type and at least one other model associated with a second sensor type, different to the first sensor type; fusing at least two of the plurality of models to yield an integrated model of at least part of the geographical region; the planning system configured for generating one or more plans from the integrated model, wherein the planning system operates at hierarchical levels, the hierarchical levels of operation comprising: a) region plan level, the region plan level defining a strategic plan including high level operations across the geographical region; b) an operation plan level, the operation plan level determining entity-related operations required for each of the high level operations performed by the autonomous entities in selected localized zones; and c) a task plan level, the task plan level defining tasks performed by said autonomous entities when undertaking each of the entity-related operations, wherein operation of the planning system comprises: generating plan information including a region-wide plan, one or more job plans from the region-wide plan, and one or more task plans from each job plan, communicating the one or more task plans to the top level controller, the communicated task plans being implemented at a lower level controller and the lower level controller implementing the task plans by the plurality of autonomous entities; and receiving an updated integrated model of at least part of the geographical region from the mine analysis system, wherein: the mine analysis system is further configured to receive updated sensor information based on the operation of the autonomous entities, the updated information reflecting changes within at least one localized zone resulting from the implementation of the one or more task plans by the autonomous entities, generate an updated integrated model based on the updated sensor information; and send the updated integrated model to the planning system; the planning system is further configured to update, based on received updated integrated model, the generated plan information and send the updated plan information including one or more updated task plans to the control system; and the control system is further configured to control the autonomous entities to perform updated tasks defined in the one or more updated task plans.