Scheduling multistage batch plants with parallel units and no interstage storage

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 671-693

  Liu, Yu ^a   Karimi, I A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Batch plant; Interstage storage configurations; MILP formulation; Multiproduct; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING;

BATCH PLANT; INTERSTAGE STORAGE CONFIGURATIONS; MILP FORMULATION; MULTIPRODUCT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONTAMINATION; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING;

EID: 38849188495     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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