A two-level hierarchical approach for raw material scheduling in steelworks

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 503-515

  Suh, Min Soo ^a   Lee, Yung Jae ^b   Ko, Young Kwan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Belt conveyor scheduling; Hierarchical scheduling approach; Raw material scheduling; Reclaimer scheduling

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; PROCESS CONTROL; RAW MATERIALS; SCHEDULING;

HIERARCHICAL SCHEDULING APPROACH; SCHEDULING EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031245651     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0952-1976(97)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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