A stochastic model for planning swine facilities

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2378-2384

  Plà Aragonés, Lluís M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MANAGEMENT POLICY; PIGLETS; SWINE FACILITIES;

STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33846653232     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2005.1574529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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