Multiple-objective (goal) programming model for feed formulation: An example for reducing nutrient variation

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 182-192

  Zhang, F ^a   Roush, W B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple objective goal programming; Ration formulation; Ration variance reduction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST; DIGESTION; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHICKENS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; LYSINE; METHIONINE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0036479554     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.2.182     Document Type: Article

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