Performance review of the ROMI-RIP rough mill simulator

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 80-85

  Thomas, Edward ^a   Buehlmann, Urs ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; GRADING; SAWMILLS;

ROUGH MILLS;

LUMBER;

AUTOMATIC CONTROL; COMPUTERS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; LOW GRADE MATERIALS; LUMBER; SAW MILLS;

EID: 0037350174     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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