Production scheduling of a multi-grade PET resin plant

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-400

  Liberopoulos, George ^a   Kozanidis, George ^a   Hatzikonstantinou, Olympia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Continuous multi grade process; Mixed Integer Linear Programming; PET resin; Polymer industry; Production scheduling

Indexed keywords

BASE RESIN; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; CONTINUOUS MULTI-GRADE PROCESS; DISCRETE-TIME; DUE DATES; FINITE INTERMEDIATE STORAGE; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL; POLYMER INDUSTRIES; PROBLEM SIZE; PROCESS CONDITION; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING; REAL PROBLEMS; SEQUENCE-DEPENDENT; SEQUENTIAL PROCESSING; SPACE CAPACITY;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESINS; SCHEDULING;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 75849131314     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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