Integrating routing and scheduling for pipeless plants in different layouts

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1069-1081

  Huang, W ^a   Chung, P W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraint; Integration; Pipeless plant; Planning; Routing; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MARKETING; PIPELINES; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROUTERS; SCHEDULING;

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; INTEGRATING ROUTING; PIPELESS PLANTS; TRACK ALLOCATION;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

CHEMICAL PLANT; COMPUTER APPLICATION; PLANNING; ROUTING; SCHEDULING;

ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH;

EID: 15744386860     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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