Reverse logistics and resource recovery: Modelling car dismantling facilities

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 284-301

  Acaccia, G M ^a   Michelini, R C ^a   Penzo, L P ^a   Qualich, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision support; Discrete event simulation; Dismantling cells; End of life vehicles; Recovery; Recycle; Reuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848885135     PISSN: 17460573     EISSN: 17460581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/wremsd.2007.014047     Document Type: Article

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