A comprehensive annual delivery program for upstream liquefied natural gas supply chain

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 120-130

  Mutlu, Fatih ^a   Msakni, Mohamed K ^a   Yildiz, Hakan ^b   Sönmez, Erkut ^c   Pokharel, Shaligram ^a  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual delivery planning problem; Large scale optimization; LNG supply chain; OR in maritime industry

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; GAS SUPPLY; NATURAL GAS; OPTIMIZATION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COST EFFECTIVE; HEURISTIC SOLUTIONS; LARGE-SCALE OPTIMIZATION; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG); MARITIME INDUSTRY; PLANNING PROBLEM; SPLIT DELIVERY; SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATION;

LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS;

EID: 84947966849     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.10.031     Document Type: Article

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