Synthesis approach to the determination of optimal waste blends under uncertainty

AIChE Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1671-1687

  Chaudhuri, Prosenjit ^a   Diwekar, Urmila ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLENDING; COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

OPTIMAL WASTE BLENDS; STOCHASTIC ANNEALING ALGORITHMS; STOCHASTIC PROCESS SYNTHESIS;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNTHESIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032783735     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690450807     Document Type: Article

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