Computers in Operations and Information Processing

Session 614 - Operations Under Uncertainty
The issue of uncertainty has been the focus of numerous publications in the last decade. A lot of advantages have thus been reported in terms of uncertainty characterization, evaluation and modeling within process design and operations. However, a number of issues are still unresolved and necessitate the need of additional work in this area. Among them are questions regarding the efficient solution of large-scale problems and the applicability of the proposed methodologies in realistic case studies. Papers are sought that describe: (i) modeling, algorithmic development and solution procedures for the design and operation under uncertainty, (ii) characterization of system behavior under uncertainty, (iii) evaluation of feasible region of design operation for realistic nonconvex cases, and (iv) integration of uncertainty analysis within process design and operations in a unified framework.
Chair: Christos Maravelias
CoChair: Ignasi Palou-Rivera
  Operational Planning of a Large-Scale Industrial Batch Plant Under Uncertainty
Peter M. Verderame, Christodoulos A. Floudas
  Verified Uncertainty Analysis In Modeling Nonlinear Bioreactor Dynamics
Joshua A. Enszer, Mark A. Stadtherr
  Global Optimization of Multi-Parametric Milp Problems
Nuno P. Faísca, Konstantinos I. Kouramas, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos
  Computational Strategies for the Planning of Deepwater Oilfield Infrastructure Under Decision Dependent Uncertainty
Bora Tarhan, Ignacio E. Grossmann
  Optimal Planning and Operation of Cryogenic Air Separation Columns Considering Uncertain Demands and Product Transitions
Yu Zhu, Carl D. Laird
  Management of the Pharmaceutical R&D Using Stochastic Programming
Matthew Colvin, Christos T. Maravelias
  Optimal Intermediate Storage Level Design for Continuous Production Systems Under Unit Failure Scenarios
Kristin M. Davies, Christopher L. E. Swartz

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