Refinery short-term scheduling with tank farm, inventory and distillation management: An integrated simulation-based approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 812-827

  Chryssolouris, George ^a   Papakostas, Nikolaos ^a   Mourtzis, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Petroleum industry; Pooling problem; Scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DISTILLATION; GASOLINE; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL TANKS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; POOLING PROBLEM; SCHEDULING SIMULATION;

PETROLEUM REFINERIES;

EID: 13544271672     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.03.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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