Development of a decision support tool for optimizing the short-term logistics of forest-based biomass

Applied Energy

Volumn 216, Issue , 2018, Pages 662-677

  Malladi, Krishna Teja ^a   Quirion Blais, Olivier ^a   Sowlati, Taraneh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest biomass; Logistics optimization; Sustainability; Transshipment problem; Vehicle routing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; BIOMASS; COMMINUTION; COSTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRUCKS; VEHICLE ROUTING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; FOREST BIOMASS; INTERMEDIATE STORAGE; LOGISTICS OPTIMIZATION; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; TRANSSHIPMENT MODELS; TRANSSHIPMENT PROBLEM;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

BIOMASS; BIOMASS POWER; COMPLEXITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HETEROGENEITY; LOGISTICS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING METHOD;

MAINLAND [SHETLAND]; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85042468368     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.02.027     Document Type: Article

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