Discrete-event simulation guides pipeline logistics

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 98-104

  Cafaro, Vanina ^a   Cafaro, Diego C ^a   Mendez, Carlos A ^a   Cerda, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH INJECTION; BATCH SIZES; BINARY VARIABLES; DELIVERY SCHEDULES; DISCRETE EVENTS; ENERGY COST; INPUT TERMINALS; MULTI-SERVER; NON-TRADITIONAL; OPTIMIZATION MODULE; PLANNING HORIZONS; PRIORITY RULES; PUMP RATE; PUMPING OPERATIONS; QUEUING SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING PROBLEM; TIME INTERVAL; TWO STAGE;

OPTIMIZATION; PIPELINES; PUMPS; QUEUEING NETWORKS;

SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

GAS PIPELINE; LOGISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL PIPELINE; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79961073720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 00301388     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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