Dynamic Optimization in a Discontinuous World

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 966-981

  Barton, Paul I ^a,b   Allgor, Russell J ^a   Feehery, William F ^a   Galán, Santos ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

MIXED INTEGER DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032026651     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970738y     Document Type: Article

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