Stochastic MINLP optimization using simplicial approximation

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1081-1087

  Goyal, Vishal ^a   Ierapetritou, Marianthi G ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Sample average approximation; Simplicial approximation; Stochastic MINLP

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SAMPLE AVERAGE APPROXIMATION; SIMPLICIAL APPROXIMATION; STOCHASTIC MINLP;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 34248633727     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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