Geographic and process information for chemical plant layout problems

AIChE Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2161-2174

  Özyurt, Derya B ^a   Realff, Matthew J ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PLANT LAYOUT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; GIS; PLANNING METHOD;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOIL;

EID: 0033213510     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690451015     Document Type: Article

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