VARMAX-modelling of blast furnace process variables

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-101

  Östermark, Ralf ^a   Saxén, Henrik ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blast furnace process; Order determination; Pig iron dynamics; VARMAX processes

Indexed keywords

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIG IRON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICON; TEMPERATURE;

BLAST FURNACE PROCESS; ORDER DETERMINATION; PIG IRON DYNAMICS; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIVE MOVING AVERAGE;

BLAST FURNACES;

EID: 0030570061     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(94)00304-1     Document Type: Article

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