Faculty Early Career Development: Optimization Tools for Planning and Scheduling in the Process Industry

9502722这项研究的目标是开发优化工具，以解决对流程工业具有重要意义的计划和调度问题。具体地，研究了以下问题：(1)支持流程工业生产和调度需求的模型建立；(2)利用特殊问题和模型结构的分解算法；(3)修改或修订生产计划以适应需求和/或生产过程本身的意外变化的方法；(4)如何在解决生产计划和调度问题中考虑不确定性。该项目的教育部分侧重于改善向学生教授优化、工程设计、生产计划和调度的方式。将开发跨学科的新课程，同时将修订现有的课程。成功地实现这项研究的目标可以产生几个有价值的结果。它将为流程工业提供生产计划和调度工具。它可以显著节省生产成本，使该行业在经济上更具竞争力。向学生传授流程工业的需求，并向他们介绍建模和分析此类系统的方法，可以为未来的更多发展铺平道路。

9502722 The objective of this research is to develop optimization tools for solving planning and scheduling problems of significant importance to the process industry. In particular, the following problems are investigated: (1) model formulation to support production and scheduling needs in the process industry, (2) decomposition algorithms to exploit special problem and model structures, (3) method of modification or revision of production plans to accommmdate unexpected changes in demand and/or the production process itself, and (4) how to account for uncertainly in solving production planning and scheduling problems. The educational component of the project is focused on improving the way in which optimization, engineering design, and production planning and scheduling are taught to students. Interdisciplinary new courses will be developed while existing ones will be revised. Successful realization of the objectives of this research can produce several valuable results. It will provide production planning and scheduling tools for the process industry. It can produce significant savings in production cost to make the industry more economically competitive. Teaching the needs of the process industry to students and introducing them to methods of modeling and analyzing such systems can pave the way for more future development.