An economic analysis of the future U.S. biofuel industry, facility location, and supply chain network

Transportation Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 575-591

  Chen, Xiaoguang ^a   Önal, Hayri ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel facility location; Feedstock supply response; Market equilibrium; MINLP

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOFUELS; CHAINS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COMMERCE; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FEEDSTOCKS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LAND USE; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; REFINING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR MODELS; BIOFUEL REFINERY LOCATIONS; FACILITY LOCATIONS; FEEDSTOCK SUPPLY; MARKET EQUILIBRIA; MINLP; MIXED-INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

LOCATION;

EID: 84918805414     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: 15265447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.2013.0488     Document Type: Article

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