An improved MILP formulation for scheduling multiproduct, multistage batch plants

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2365-2380

  Gupta, S ^a   Karimi, I A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

MULTIPRODUCT BATCH PLANTS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

BATCH PROCESS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SCHEDULING;

BATCH PROCESS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PROCESS MODEL; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 0037503184     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020180g     Document Type: Review

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