| Titre : | A Modeling framework for railcar fleet sizing in the chemical industry (2012) |
| Auteurs : | Myun-Seok Cheon, Auteur ; Kevin C. Furman, Auteur ; Timothy, D. Shaffer, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Industrial & engineering chemistry research (Vol. 51 N° 29, Juillet 2012) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 9825-9834 |
| Note générale : | Industrial chemistry |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Tags : | Chemical industry Modeling |
| Résumé : | This paper tackles a railcar fleet sizing optimization problem in the chemical industry. In some sectors of the chemical industry, railcars are used not only as a means of transportation but also as storage space; thus, it is necessary to consider inventory in the determination of the optimal fleet size. Because of the long lifespans of railcars, this problem is formulated as a long-term capacity expansion problem considering various economic factors. A mixed-integer programming approach to modeling and solving this problem is proposed and a substantial improvement is demonstrated, compared to existing rule-based methods. |
| ISSN : | 0888-5885 |
| En ligne : | http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=26184961 |
