Allocation of Bulk Tanks to Improve Industrial Gas Distribution to Customers with Time-Varying Demand

In this paper, we describe the results from an academic and industry collaboration to address the bulk tank allocation problem for industrial gas distribution systems where customer demand varies over time. The bulk tank allocation problem determines the preferred size of bulk tanks to assign to cus...

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Main Authors: Leily Farrokhvar, Kimberly P. Ellis, Jeffrey E. Arbogast
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BVL 2018-01-01
Series:Logistics Research
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Online Access:https://www.bvl.de/lore/all-volumes--issues/volume-10/issue-1/allocation-of-bulk-tanks-to-improve-industrial-gas-distribution-to-customers-with-time-varying-demand