A simulation study of despatch bay performance in the steel processing industry

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 567-578

  Potter, Andrew ^a   Yang, Biao ^b   Lalwani, Chandra ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Despatch bay; Discrete event simulation; Distribution; Steel industry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STEEL TESTING; STEELMAKING; WAREHOUSES;

DESPATCH BAY; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; FLOW OF MATERIALS; STEEL PROCESSING;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

EID: 33751404843     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.02.027     Document Type: Article

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