Simultaneous design, layout and scheduling of pipeless batch plants

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 6-7, 1996, Pages 869-883

  Realff, M J ^a   Shah, N ^b   Pantelides, C C ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING;

MOBILE VESSELS; PIPELESS BATCH PLANTS;

PLANT LAYOUT;

EID: 0030174162     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0098-1354(95)00181-6     Document Type: Article

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