Optimizing natural gas flows with linear programming and scenarios

Decision Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 563-580

  Butler, John C ^a   Dyer, James S ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory management; Linear programming; Utility applications of operations research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039523251     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1999.tb01622.x     Document Type: Article

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