Efficient bulk maritime logistics for the supply and delivery of multiple chemicals

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2118-2128

  Li, Jie ^a   Karimi, I A ^a   Srinivasan, Rajagopalan ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chemical logistics; Inventory management; Mixed integer linear programming; Routing; Scheduling; Supply chains; Transportation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LOGISTICS; CONTINUOUS TIME; INVENTORY LEVELS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; LOAD/UNLOAD; MARITIME LOGISTICS; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTI-GRID; MULTINATIONAL CHEMICAL COMPANIES; ROUTING; SUPPLY AND DELIVERY; TASK SEQUENCING; TRANSFER TIME;

FLEET OPERATIONS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING; SHIPS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 77957891931     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2010.07.031     Document Type: Article

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