CyberGIS-enabled decision support platform for biomass supply chain optimization

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 138-148

  Lin, Tao ^a   Wang, Shaowen ^a   Rodríguez, Luis F ^a   Hu, Hao ^a   Liu, Yan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biomass supply chain; CyberGIS; Cyberinfrastructure; Decision support; GIS; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHAINS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MIDDLEWARE; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SUPPLY CHAINS; TRANSPORTATION; WEBSITES;

BIOMASS SUPPLY CHAIN; COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; CYBER INFRASTRUCTURES; CYBERGIS; DECISION SUPPORTS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; WEB-BASED INTERFACE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GIS; OPTIMIZATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84929329468     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.03.018     Document Type: Article

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