Scheduling Requirements for Hot Charge Optimization in an Integrated Steel Plant

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 74-78

  Knoop, Peter ^a   Van Nerom, Luc ^a  

^a AI Systems   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Continuous caster; Hot charging; Hot strip mill; Optimization; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

CHARGING (FURNACE); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HOT ROLLING; INDUSTRIAL FURNACES; SCHEDULING; STRIP MILLS;

CONTINUOUS CASTER; HOT CHARGING;

IRON AND STEEL PLANTS;

EID: 0242593052     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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