An optimization approach for process engineering problems under uncertainty

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 6-7, 1996, Pages 703-709

  Ierapetritou, M G ^a   Acevedo, J ^a   Pistikopoulos, E N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RANDOM PROCESSES; VECTORS;

DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM; UNCERTAINTY;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030174229     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0098-1354(95)00203-0     Document Type: Article

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