Scheduling selective disassembly for plastics recovery in an electronics recycling center

IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-197

  Rios, Pedro J ^a   Stuart, Julie Ann ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental issues; Materials management; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL RECOVERY; PLASTICS; SCHEDULING;

ELECTRONICS RECYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; PLASTICS RECOVERY;

RECYCLING;

EID: 14644397925     PISSN: 1521334X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEPM.2004.843128     Document Type: Article

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