Planning the e-scrap reverse production system under uncertainty in the state of Georgia: A case study

IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 150-162

  Hong, I Hsuan ^a,b   Assavapokee, Tiravat ^c   Ammons, Jane ^a   Boelkins, Chuck ^d   Gilliam, Kennon ^a   Oudit, Devon ^a   Realff, Matthew J ^a   Vannícola, Juan Martín ^a   Wongthatsanekorn, Wuthichai ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d Pollution Prevention Assistance Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronics recycling; Reverse production systems; Robust optimization

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ELECTRONIC RECYCLING; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING (MILP); REVERSE PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33750114348     PISSN: 1521334X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEPM.2006.881769     Document Type: Article

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