Strategic design of bioethanol supply chains including commodity market dynamics

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 30, 2013, Pages 10305-10316

  Mazzetto, Filippo ^a   Ortiz Gutiérrez, Ricardo A ^a   Manca, Davide ^b   Bezzo, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BIOETHANOL SUPPLY CHAINS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY;

BIOETHANOL; BLENDING; ECONOMICS; ETHANOL; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAXATION;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84881077075     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie401226w     Document Type: Article

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