Optimal network design and storage management in petroleum distribution network under uncertainty

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 796-807

  Ghatee, Mehdi ^a   Hashemi, S Mehdi ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Depots; Distribution network; Fuzzy transportation; Minimum cost flow problem; Network design; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; CRUDE OIL; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; FLOORS; FUZZY SETS; OIL FIELDS; OILS AND FATS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; PIPELINE CORROSION; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

DEPOTS; GRANULAR INFORMATIONS; MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS; MINIMUM COST FLOW PROBLEM; NETWORK DESIGN; OPTIMAL NETWORK DESIGN; SHORTEST PATH ALGORITHMS; UNCERTAINTY;

STORAGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67349170298     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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