Simulating onion packinghouse product flow for performance evaluation and education

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-142

  Mosqueda, Maria Rosario P ^a   Tollner, E W ^b   Boyhan, G E ^c   Li, Changying ^d   McClendon, R W ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; FOOD TECHNOLOGY;

2 PERFORMANCE; DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION MODEL; ON POTENTIALS; PACKING LINES; POSTHARVEST; PRODUCT FLOW; SALES REVENUE; TOLERANCE LIMITS;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

ALLIUM CEPA; VIDALIA;

EID: 58749110118     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.09.021     Document Type: Article

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