Economic paper blending optimization model with competing materials

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 602-617

  Pati, Rupesh Kumar ^a   Vrat, Prem ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE   (India)

^b MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Economic sustainability; Linear programming; Paper industry; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956160756     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777831011067917     Document Type: Article

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