Robust optimization for process scheduling under uncertainty

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4148-4157

  Li, Zukui ^a   Ierapetritou, Marianthi G ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); DEGREE OF CONSERVATISM; IN PROCESS; OPTIMIZ ATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION FORMULATIONS; OPTIMIZATION METHODS; PAPER ADDRESSES; PROCESS SCHEDULING; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING PROBLEMS; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS; WORST-CASE SCENARIO;

MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 47249135022     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie071431u     Document Type: Article

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