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Optimal diameter assignment for gas pipeline networks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Franz J. M. Salzborn
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A. 5001, Australia
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Abstract

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A linear programming model for optimally assigning diameters to a gas pipeline network is discussed. Computational results for a real life situation are presented, and certain properties that have to be satisfied by an optimal assignment are derived.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1979

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