A novel approach to optimization of refining schedules for crude oil operations in refinery

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1042-1053

  Wu, Nai Qi ^a   Bai, Liping ^a   Zhou, Mengchu ^b,c   Chu, Feng ^d   Mammar, Saïd ^d  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Department of Computer Science and Technology   (China)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EVRY   (France)

Author keywords

Crude oil operations; linear programming; short term scheduling; transportation problem

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL PROBLEM; CONTROL PERSPECTIVE; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEM; OIL OPERATIONS; PRODUCTION RATES; SHORT-TERM SCHEDULING; TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM;

CRUDE OIL; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING;

REFINING;

EID: 84867884609     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2012.2185226     Document Type: Article

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