Integration of continuous caster and hot strip mill planning for steel production

Journal of Scheduling

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 185-208

  Cowling, Peter ^a   Rezig, Wafa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b AI Systems   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Integration; Planning; Production; Scheduling; Steel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001110087     PISSN: 10946136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1425(200007/08)3:4<185::AID-JOS42>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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