Cost-effectiveness of optimizing concentrated feed blends to decrease greenhouse gas emissions

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 999-1007

  Teixeira, Ricardo F M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Goal programming; Greenhouse gases; Linear optimization; Livestock feed

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047119424     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: 18433707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2018.099     Document Type: Article

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