RDEA: A recursive DEA based algorithm for the optimal design of biomass supply chain networks

Renewable Energy

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 113-122

  Grigoroudis, Evangelos ^a   Petridis, Konstantinos ^b   Arabatzis, Garyfallos ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomass; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Mixed integer linear programming (MILP); Supply chain design

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BIOMASS SUPPLY CHAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; MIXED-INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL SUPPLY CHAIN; SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN; SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK; TERMINATION CRITERIA;

COSTS;

ALGORITHM; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84901988350     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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