Planning of fuel coal imports using a mixed integer programming method

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-249

  Shih, Li Hsing ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuel coal; Mixed integer programming; Shipment scheduling

Indexed keywords

COAL HANDLING; COAL TRANSPORTATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING;

FUEL COAL IMPORTS; INVENTORY BALANCE EQUATIONS; SAFETY STOCK;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0031238150     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(97)00078-9     Document Type: Article

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