Future directions of R & D in the process industries

Computers in Industry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-172

  Anderson, Jim ^a  

^a Anderson Barr Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Future; Investment; Process; Profit

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

PROCESS INDUSTRIES; RETURN ON INVESTMENT;

COMPUTER CONTROL;

EID: 0031269117     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-3615(97)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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