Sustainable tyre remanufacturing: An agent-based simulation modelling approach

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 330-347

  Abdul Kader, Walid ^a   Haque, Muhammad S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

agent based modelling; reverse logistics; simulation applications; tyre remanufacturing

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED MODELLING; BREAK-EVEN POINT; INPUT DATAS; RAW MATERIAL CONSUMPTION; REJECTION RATES; RESEARCH PROBLEMS; REVERSE LOGISTICS; SIMULATION APPLICATIONS; TYRE REMANUFACTURING; USED TYRES;

AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROFITABILITY;

TIRES;

EID: 84859416323     PISSN: 19397038     EISSN: 19397046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19397038.2011.581392     Document Type: Article

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