Determination of the locations and capacities of sugar cane loading stations in Thailand

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 663-674

  Khamjan, W ^a   Khamjan, S ^a   Pathumnakul, S ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Facility location problem; Heuristic algorithm; Mathematical model; Sugar cane

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED COSTS; FACILITY LOCATION PROBLEM; HARVESTING PERIODS; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY; INVESTMENT COSTS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; TRANSPORTATION COST; YIELD LOSS COSTS;

COSTS; HARVESTING; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INVESTMENTS; LOCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUGAR CANE; SUGAR FACTORIES; SUGAR INDUSTRY;

LOADING;

EID: 84886265169     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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