TMP production scheduling under uncertainty: Methodology and case studies

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1492-1503

  Pulkkinen, Petteri ^a   Ritala, Risto ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decision support; Optimization; Simulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

STOCHASTIC PROBLEM; THERMO-MECHANICAL PULP (TMP);

SCHEDULING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING;

EID: 44949199421     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.06.017     Document Type: Article

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