Buffer sizing in multi-product multi-reactor batch processes: Impact of allocation and campaign sizing policies

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 424-443

  Van Nieuwenhuyse, Inneke ^a   Vandaele, Nico ^b   Rajaram, Kumar ^c   Karmarkar, Uday S ^c  

^a Campus Parnas   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

(Semi)process industries; Campaign sizing; Product allocation; Queueing

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; QUEUEING THEORY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BUFFER SIZING; CAMPAIGN SIZING; PRODUCT ALLOCATION; SEMI PROCESS INDUSTRIES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33751425394     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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