Development and application of a simulation model for throughput improvement in the melting shop of a steel plant

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-281

  Nandagawe, S ^a   Sarmah, S P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Delay; Simulation; Steel plant; Throughput

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649419561     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2009.026538     Document Type: Article

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