Optimal Harvest-Milling Scheduling in the Sugar Industry

S. Strong and M. A. Wolanowski
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M. A. Wolanowski: University of Queensland and Queensland Institute of Technology.

Australian Journal of Management, 1976, vol. 1, issue 2, 97-105

Abstract: Losses from decay in mechanically-harvested sugar cane could be reduced if the harvest-milling operation were carefully planned. A function relating sugar content of cane to time of harvest and harvest to milling delay is introduced. This function is incorporated in a calculus of variations functional, whose maximum describes the harvesting schedule. The solution of the problem contains a theorem which appears to be useful in economic planning.

Keywords: HARVESTING; MILLING; SCHEDULING; SUGAR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1976
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DOI: 10.1177/031289627600100207

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