Robust optimization for petrochemical network design under uncertainty

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3912-3919

  Al Qahtani, K ^a   Elkamel, A ^a   Ponnambalam, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROCHEMICALS; PLANNING; RAW MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CHEMICAL-; DETERMINISTIC MODELING; EXPECTED VALUES; IN-PROCESS; MATERIAL COSTS; MIXED INTEGER NON-LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELING UNCERTAINTIES; NETWORK DESIGNS; PAPER ADDRESSES; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTIES; PETROCHEMICAL PROCESSING; PETROCHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESS YIELD; PRODUCT DEMANDS; PRODUCT MARKETS; PRODUCT PRICING; ROBUST ANALYSIS; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; SCALING FACTORS; SCALING PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY TO VARIATIONS; STOCHASTIC SOLUTION; TWO STAGES; VARIATIONS OF;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 46049085480     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0713184     Document Type: Article

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