Biomass supply chain environmental and socio-economic analysis: 40-Years comprehensive review of methods, decision issues, sustainability challenges, and the …

SM Zahraee, N Shiwakoti, P Stasinopoulos - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass is a valuable renewable source of energy as an alternative to fossil fuels. The main
barriers in biomass and biofuel development are feedstock high cost, lack of reliable supply …

Biomass supply chain network design: An optimization-oriented review and analysis

H Ghaderi, MS Pishvaee, A Moini - Industrial crops and products, 2016 - Elsevier
Optimal network design is a key factor in the enhancement of the economic, environmental,
and social performance and efficiency of the biomass supply chain (BSC), and this is why it …

Models for optimization and performance evaluation of biomass supply chains: An Operations Research perspective

BH Ba, C Prins, C Prodhon - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The production of biofuels, bioenergy and chemical intermediates from biomass is a
promising solution to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions …

Value chain optimization of forest biomass for bioenergy production: A review

N Shabani, S Akhtari, T Sowlati - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
Forest biomass is one of the renewable and sustainable sources of energy that can be used
for producing electricity, heat, and biofuels. The complex supply chain of forest biomass for …

A mixed integer non-linear programming model for tactical value chain optimization of a wood biomass power plant

N Shabani, T Sowlati - Applied Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Forest biomass is one of the renewable sources of energy that has been used for generating
electricity. The feasibility and cost of producing electricity from forest biomass depend on …

[HTML][HTML] Application of fuzzy optimization to a supply chain network design: a case study of an edible vegetable oils manufacturer

T Paksoy, NY Pehlivan, E Özceylan - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2012 - Elsevier
This study applies fuzzy sets to integrate the supply chain network of an edible vegetable
oils manufacturer. The proposed fuzzy multi-objective linear programming model attempts to …

[HTML][HTML] Bioethanol sustainable supply chain design: A multi-attribute bi-objective structure

S Kheybari, MD Monfared, A Salamirad… - Computers & Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
To design a bioethanol supply chain, along with the transportation and operational costs, it
is vital to consider more factors categorized into three sustainability pillars (ie economy …

Sustainable logistics network for wood flow considering cascade utilisation

MS Taskhiri, M Garbs, J Geldermann - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
To address the growing demand for wood as a renewable resource, a trend that has arisen
in recent years is to follow the principle of cascade utilisation and to use wood residues from …

Spatiotemporal correlations in criminal offense records

JL Toole, N Eagle, JB Plotkin - ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
With the increased availability of rich behavioral datasets, we present a novel application of
tools to analyze this information. Using criminal offense records as an example, we employ …

Optimal flow of regional forest biomass to a district heating system

S Akhtari, T Sowlati, K Day - International journal of energy …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
There has been a growing interest in utilizing forest biomass for energy generation in district
heating systems to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. However, variability in forest biomass …