Maximization of throughput in a multipurpose batch plant under a fixed time horizon: S-graph approach

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 6713-6720

  Majozi, Thokozani ^a,b   Friedler, Ferenc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE INDEXES; MULTIPURPOSE BATCH PLANTS; NONINTERMEDIATE STORAGE (NIS);

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION THEORY; GRAPH THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING; SEARCH ENGINES;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION THEORY; GRAPH THEORY; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING; SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 33749823078     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0604472     Document Type: Article

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