Strategic, design of reverse production systems

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2-7, 2000, Pages 991-996

  Realff, Matthew J ^a   Ammons, Jane C ^a   Newton, David ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Recycling; Reverse production systems; Robust optimization; Strategic infrastructure

Indexed keywords

CARPET MANUFACTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; STRATEGIC MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

REVERSE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC DESIGN;

RECYCLING;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; RECYCLING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034661304     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0098-1354(00)00418-x     Document Type: Article

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