Mathematical programming techniques to debottleneck the supply chain of fine chemical industries

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL.2, 1996, Pages

  Voudouris, Vasilios T ^a  

^a ARISTON Consulting   (Greece)

Author keywords

Debottlenecking; Mathematical programming; Responsiveness; Scheduling; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

EID: 0029713395     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0098-1354(96)00219-0     Document Type: Article

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