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CCE
2004
13 years 8 months ago
Stochastic maximum principle for optimal control under uncertainty
Optimal control problems involve the difficult task of determining time-varying profiles through dynamic optimization. Such problems become even more complex in practical situatio...
Vicente Rico-Ramírez, Urmila M. Diwekar
CCE
2004
13 years 8 months ago
Module-oriented automatic differentiation in chemical process systems optimization
It is common that external procedures are incorporated into an equation-oriented model when modeling complex chemical process systems. The so-obtained models are called composite ...
Xiang Li, Zhijiang Shao, Jixin Qian
CCE
2004
13 years 8 months ago
Multimodel analysis and controller design for nonlinear processes
Multimodel analysis and controller design for nonlinear processes via gap metric is discussed. It is shown that the loop-shaping H approach can integrate the procedure of selectin...
Wen Tan, Horacio J. Marquez, Tongwen Chen, Ji-zhen...
CCE
2004
13 years 8 months ago
Designing reactive distillation processes: present and future
The potential benefits of applying reactive distillation (RD) processes are taxed by significant complexities in process development and design. The design problem is formulated i...
C. P. Almeida-Rivera, P. L. J. Swinkels, J. Grievi...
CCE
2004
13 years 8 months ago
Pharmaceutical supply chains: key issues and strategies for optimisation
Supply chain optimisation is now a major research theme in process operations and management. A great deal of research has been undertaken on facility location and design, invento...
Nilay Shah
CCE
2004
13 years 8 months ago
Selecting appropriate control variables for a heat-integrated distillation system with prefractionator
A heat-integrated prefractionator arrangement is studied for a ternary separation of a propane
H. K. Engelien, Sigurd Skogestad
CCE
2004
13 years 8 months ago
Dynamic programming in a heuristically confined state space: a stochastic resource-constrained project scheduling application
The Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem(RCPSP) is a significant challenge in highly regulated industries, such as pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, where a large numb...
Jaein Choi, Matthew J. Realff, Jay H. Lee
CCE
2004
13 years 8 months ago
Thermodynamic uncertainties in batch processing and optimal control
Batch distillation is an important separation process for small-scale production especially in pharmaceutical, specialty chemical and biochemical industries. Although batch distil...
Saadet Ulas, Urmila M. Diwekar