A multi-objective optimization approach to balancing cost and traceability in bulk grain handling

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-200

  Thakur, Maitri ^a   Wang, Lizhi ^a   Hurburgh, Charles R ^a,b  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk grain handling; Food safety risk; Lot aggregation; Multi objective optimization; Traceability

Indexed keywords

BULK GRAINS; CUSTOMER CONTRACTS; FOOD SAFETY; MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; PARETO-OPTIMAL FRONT; SIMULTANEOUS OPTIMIZATION; STORAGE BINS; TOTAL COSTS;

BINS; BLENDING; COSTS; ELEVATORS; FUNCTIONS; HEALTH; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955466946     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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