Novel formulation and efficient solution strategy for strategic optimization of an industrial chemical supply chain under demand uncertainty

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 971-985

  McLean, Kyle ^a   Ogbe, Emmanuel ^a   Li, Xiang ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benders decomposition; Robust scenario formulation; Stochastic programming; Supply chain; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MATERIALS HANDLING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BENDERS DECOMPOSITION; CHEMICAL SUPPLY CHAINS; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CHAINS; PRODUCT TRANSPORTATION; ROBUST SCENARIO FORMULATION; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK; UNCERTAINTY;

STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84930008891     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.22173     Document Type: Article

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