Optimal location and capacity of emergency cleanup equipment for oil spill response

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-80

  Iakovou, Eleftherios ^a   Ip, Chi M ^b   Douligeris, Christos ^a   Korde, Ashutosh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b The 110 Tower   (United States)

^c Sea Land Service Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Location; Modelling; Strategic planning; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OIL SPILLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EMERGENCY CLEANUP EQUIPMENT; MYOPIC PLANNING;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0030736812     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00106-3     Document Type: Article

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