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Co-Chairs:
  Ignacio E. Grossmann (Carnegie Mellon)
  Conor McDonald (Dupont)

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  CACHE
  CAST Division
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Contributors


Contributed Papers FOCAPO 2003


PLANNING


  • Supply Chain

    Supply Chain Integration at Industrial Zones: Energy Integration
    Metin Turkay, Kaoru Fujita and Tatsuyuki Asakura (Turkey, Japan)*

    External Supply Chain Management using Real Time Business Management System
    D.B. Birewar (USA)*

    A Multi-Optimization Approach to Fair Profit Distribution Problem for a Supply Ch
    ain Network
    Cheng-Liang Chen, Bin-Wei Wang, Wen-Cheng Lee and Hsiao-Ping Huang (China)

    Optimizing the Supply Chain of Petrochemical Products under Uncertain Operational and Economical Conditions
    H.M.S. Lababidi, M.A. El-Wakeel, I.M. Alatiqi and A.F. Al-Enzi (Kuwait)*

    Supply Chain Planning Optimization in the Fruit Industry
    G. Masini, N. Petracci and A. Bandoni (Argentina)

  • New Product Development

    Risk management in Real Options Based Pharmaceutical Portfolio Planning
    M.J. Rogers, A. Gupta, C.D. Maranas (USA)

    An Aggregation Approach for Capacity Planning under Uncertainty for the Pharmaceutical Industry
    G. Gatica, N. Shah, L.G. Papageorgiou (UK)

    A Genetic Algorithm-Based Pharmaceutical Portfolio Selection and Scheduling Framework
    G.E. Blau, K. Rajan, J.F. Pekny, V.A. Varma, Paul Bunch (USA)*

    A New MILP Variable Resource Constrained Scheduling Model for the Testing of Pharmaceuticals and Agrochemicals
    C.T. Maravelias, I.E. Grossmann (USA)

    A Continuous-Time Formulation for Simultaneous Consideration of Planning and Scheduling Decisions
    D.Wu, M. G. Ierapetritou (USA)

  • Operations Optimization

    Production Planning and Inventory Management under Uncertainty: Stochastic Models and Numerical Solutions with Applications in the Paper Industry
    K. K. Yin, H.Liu (USA)

    Financial Risk Management in Planning Under Uncertainty
    A. Barbaro, M. Bagajewicz (USA)

    Optimal Waste Reduction and Investment Planning Under Uncertainty
    A.A. Linninger, A. Chakraborty, R.D. Colberg (USA)*

    Rigorous Simulation Supports LP Models in Accurate Refinery-Wide Decisions
    M. Oettli, J. Forrest (Canada)*

    A Nonlinear Multiperiod Process Optimization Model for Production Planning in Multi-Plant Facilities
    J. Jackson, I. E. Grossmann, J. Hofmann, J. Wassick (USA)*

    A Model Predictive Control Framework for Advanced Planning and Scheduling in Process Industries
    Pousga Kaboré (Germany)*

    Optimal Operations Planning under Uncertainty by Using Probabilistic Programming
    Pu Li, Moritz Wendt, Günter Wozny (Germany)

    Demand Variations Ask for Cost-Effective Manufacturing Flexibility
    P. Heijnen, P. Herder, J. Grievink (Netherlands)

    A bilevel programming framework for Enterprise-wide Supply Chain Planning Problems under Uncertainty
    Jun-hyung Ryu and Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos (UK)

  • Batch Operations

    A Method for Improvement Potential Assessment in Batch Planning and Scheduling Situation
    H.J.H. Roeterink, Z. Verwater-Lukszo, M.P.C. Weijnen (Netherlands)

SCHEDULING


  • Mixed-Integer Optimization

    Economic Lot Scheduling Under Performance Decay
    Alessandro Alle, Jose M. Pinto, Lazaros G. Papageorgiou (Brazil)

    Optimization Model for Production and Scheduling of Catalyst Re-placement in a Process with Decaying Performance
    M. Houze, N. Juhasz, I.E. Grossmann (USA)*

    A Multi-Week Scheduling Approach for the Steel-Making Process
    I. Harjunkoski, I.E. Grossmann, M. Friedrich, R. Holmes (USA)*

    A Comparison of three Different Modelling Approaches for Solving Multi-Product, Multi-Purpose Plant Scheduling Problems
    Per Jernström, Tapio Westerlund (Finland)

    Crude Oil Scheduling
    Marcus Vinicius Magalhães, Nilay Shah (Brazil / UK)*

    Efficient Short-term Scheduling of Refinery Operation Based on Continuous time formulation
    Z. Jia, M.G. Ierapetritou (USA)

    Optimal scheduling of Multistage Polymer Plants
    Gyeongbeom Yi, Gintaras V. Reklaitis (USA)

    An MILP Framework for Reactive Scheduling of Resource-Constrained Multistage Batch Facilities
    C. Mendez, J. Cerda (Argentina)

    Plant-wide scheduling and Marginal Costs Analysis on Refinery
    Li Wenkai, Chi-Wai Hui, Ben Hua, Zhongxuan Tong (Hong-Kong / China)*

  • Uncertainty

    A Constraint Programming Approach to the Multi-Stage Batch Scheduling Problem

    L. Zeballos and G.P. Henning (Argentina)

    A Two-Stage Stochastic Integer Programming Approach to Real-Time Scheduling
    S.Engell,G.Sand (Germany)

    Robust Optimization for Scheduling under Bounded Uncertainty in Processing Times
    X.Lin, C.A. Floudas (USA)

  • Batch Processing

    Environmentally Friendly Scheduling of Primary Steelmaking Processes
    Dong-Yup Lee, Sungdeuk Moon, Paulo-Miguel Lopes and Sunwon Park (Korea)


    Reactive Scheduling in Real-Time Operation of Batch Chemical Plants
    Jordi Cantón, Jose Maria Nougués, Maria Jose Arbiza, Ricard Gonzalez, Antionio Espuña, Luis Puigjaner (Spain)

    Industrial Application of Process Systems to Improve Specialty Batch Polymerisation Process
    Javier Romero, Luis Puigjaner, Malik, Sievert (Spain)*

    Improved Integration of Enterprise and the Contol Level with Combining ISA Batch Standards and Process Models
    Verwater-Lukszo, Verhofstad, van Wissen (Netherlands)*

    Batch Plant Integration in Need of More Support
    Petra Heijnen, Zofia Verwater-Lukszo (Netherlands)

    Using Recipe Centric Hybrid Simulation to Drive the Tools Used in a Product's Life Cycle Manufactured in a Batch Mode
    Steven M. Clark and Girish S. Joglekar (USA)


    Overcoming the Barriers to Batch Process Scheduling
    C.A. Siletti, D. Petrides (USA)*

CONTROL


  • Six Sigma

    e- A New Way to Benchmark and Improve our Production Process
    S. Joshi, M. Su, S. Potaraju, T. Daszkowski, M. Felde (USA)*

    Evolution of Multivariate Statistical Process Control: Application of Independent Component Analysis and External Analysis
    Manabu Kano, Shinji Hasebe, Iori Hashimoto, Hiromu Ohno (Japan)

  • Hybrid Systems

    Discrete Event Modeling and Dynamic Optimization of a Sugar Plant
    M. van Wissen, J. Smeets, A. Muller, P. Verheijen (Netherlands)*

    Model-based Control of the Operation Procedure of an Emulsification Process
    M.Stork, R.L. Tousain, A.J. Krijgsman, M. de Krijger, O.H. Bosgra (Netherlands)*

    A Multi-Level, Control-Theoretic Approach to Reactive Scheduling in Continuous Plants
    Munawar S.A., Bhushan M. , Gudi R.D., Belliappa A.M. (India)*

  • Safety Analysis

    Quantitative Analysis of the Safety and Flexibility of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems
    H. Huang, C. S. Adjiman, N. Shah (UK)

    Dynamic Simulation of the Cleavage Section in a Phenol Plant for Safety Analysis
    Laura Pellegrini, Susi Bonomi, Guiseppe Biardi (Italy)

    Advanced Feedback-Feedforward Control of a Tubular Reactor for a High Productivity Ethanol Process: Application of an Alternative Structured Model
    D. P. Stremel, E. C. Vasco de Toledo, R. Maciel Filho, R. Pontarolo (Brazil)

    Quantitative Decision-Making Based on Safety Information Management System in Chemical Plants
    Hyungjoon Yoon and Il Moon (Korea)

  • Control Analysis

    Controllability Analysis of Industrial Five Effects Evaporator System
    Estiyanti Ekawati, Parisa A. Bahri, Graham LePage, Ali Nooraii (Australia)*

    Development of Advanced Polymerization Process Modeling, Simulation, Design and Optimization Tools
    C. Kiparissides, E.N. Pistikopoulos, C. Pantelides, T. Backx, W. Van Brempt, Q. Moen, K.-D. Hungenberg (Greece-UK)

    Dynamics and Advanced Control of a Fluid Catalitic Cracking Plant
    Cláudia J. G. Vasconcelos , Maria Regina Wolf-Maciel, Rubens Maciel Filho, Renato Spandri (Brazil)
    *

    Strategies for the Operation and Control of Heat Exchanger Networks
    D. L. Westphalen, B. R. Young, W. Y. Svrcek, M. Broussard (Canada)*

IDENTIFICATION


  • Error Analysis

    An real-Time Optimization Strategy for Petroleum Processes with Successive Adaptive Model Refinement
    Heiko Briesen, Wolfgang Marquardt (Germany)

    A Mixed Integer Nonlinear Optimization Based Approach to Simultaneous Data Reconciliation and Bias Identification
    T.A. Soderstrom, D.M. Himmelblau, T.F. Edgar (USA)

    Spectral Principal Component Analysis of Supply Network Data
    N.F. Thornhill, M.M.Naim (UK)

    Approach to dynamic data reconciliation based on extended warm-start technique
    Kong Mingfang, Chen Bingzhen, He Xiaorong, Hu Shanying (China)

  • Sensor Location

    S
    ensor Network Reallocation and Upgradation for Efficient Fault Diagnosis
    M. Bhushan, S. Narasimhan, R. Rengaswamy (USA)

    Analysis and detection of outliers and systematic errors from an industrial data plant
    R. M. B. Alves, C. A. O. Nascimento, W.L.Carneiro (Brazil)

    Instrumentation Design and Upgrade Using Unconstrained Method with Pure Economical Objectives
    M. Bagajewicz, M. Markowski (USA)

  • Design of Experiments

    On the Design of Optimally Informative Experiments for Model Discrimination Among Dynamic Crystallization Process Model
    Bing H. Chen, Sean Bermingham, Andreas H. Neumann, Herman J.M. Kramer, Steven P. Asprey (UK)

    Statistical Analysis of Large Pilot Plant Datasets
    C. Schnelle, K. Armstrong (USA)*

    Experimental Designs that Maximize Information for Nonlinear Dynamic Process
    D. Rollins, N. Bhandari, L. Pacheco (USA)

    Strategy for Improving Data Quality for a Kraft Pulp Mill Recausticizing Plant
    Taiwen Jiang, Paul Stuart, Bingzhen Chen, Khalid Jasim (Canada)*

DESIGN


  • Synthesis

    A Conceptual "Design" Based Method for Generation of Batch Recipes
    I. Papaeconomou, S.B. Jørgensen, R. Gani, J. Cordiner (Denmark)*

    Pinch Analysis of Supply Chains
    Ankit Singhvi, K. P. Madhavan and Uday V. Shenoy (India)

    A General Disjunctive Model for the Retrofit of MultiproductBatch Plants
    J. Montagna, A. Vecchietti (Argentina)

    A New Strategy and Algorithm of Modular Based MINLP for Synthesis of Chemical Processes
    Li Hehua, Qian Yu, Zheng Shiqing, Cheng Huanong (China)

    Steady State Optimization of the Cyclohexanol Production Unit
    M.M. dos Santos, Maciel Filho (Brazil)

    Strategies for Solving the Synthesis Problem in Multiproduct Batch Protein Production Processes
    Aldo Vecchietti, Jorge Montagna and Oscar Iribarren (Argentina)

  • Models

    Phenomenon of the Existence of Continuum of Steady States in the Recycle System: Reactor Separating Unit
    A.II.Boyarinov, S.I.Duev (Russia)

    A Formal Enterprise Model for Project-Oriented Management of Batch Plants
    M. M. Canavesio, E. C. Martinez (Argentina)

    Green Production and Logistics Simulation for Product Lifecycle Assesment
    Atsushi Aoyama, Yuji Naka, Akio Shimizu (Japan)

    Modeling Pyrolysis and Carbonization of Petroleum Distillation Residues in Delayed Coking Operations
    K. Rajagopal , V. R. Ahon and M. F. Sugaya (Brazil)*

    Simulation of the Pervaporation Process for Separating Organic Mixtures Using Solution-Diffusion Model
    M.E. Torres-Alvarez and M.R. Wolf-Maciel (Brazil)

INFORMATION SYSTEMS


  • Systems Integration

    The "Smart" Plant: Economics and Technology
    D.C. White (USA)*

    Missions of the CAPE-OPEN Laboratories Network
    P. Banks, K. Irons, W. Merk, M. Pons, J. Belaud (UK)*

    Modeller - An Interactive Model Editor for Physical-Chemical-Biological Processes
    Heinz A. Preisig, Mathieu Westerweele (Netherlands)

    Grid-Enabled Distributed Computations in the Chemical Process Industries
    Bill Karakostas, A.C.Kokossis (UK)

    Interaction between Planning, Scheduling and Control Levels in Process Industry
    I. Harjunkoski, P. Kaboré, M. Fahl (Germany)*

    Optimization Opportunities in Process Control for Industry/University Research
    K.A. High, W.Ren, S. Alam, R. Russell Rhinehart, Gemperline (USA)

    Real-time Enterprise Optimization in the Polymer Manufacturing Industry
    C. Schweiger (USA)*

    An Agent Assisted Concurrent Design Support System
    Salomon Seyoum Gelete, René Bañares-Alcántara, Juan Martínez (Spain)

    Dynamic Information Management for Web-Enabled Environments in the Chemical Process Industries
    A. C. Kokossis, R. Banares-Alcantara (UK-Spain)

    Survey of Data Management Systems Used in the Pulp and Paper Industry
    M. Janssen, M. Laflamme-Mayer, P.R. Stuart (Canada)

  • Fault Diagnosis

    Computer-Aided Hazard Life Cycle-Oriented Safety Engineering: Concept and Functional Requirements
    I.A. Kirillov, A.V. Panasenko, I.E. Lukashevich, A.I. Lobanov (Russia)

    Virtual Reality and Scientific Content for Environments Safety and Accident Consequences Analyses Applications
    I.E. Lukashevich, I.A. Kirillov (Russia)

    Adaptive Root Cause Analysis under Uncertainties in Industrial Process Operation
    G. Weidl, G.Vollmar, E. Dahlquist (Germany)*

    Establishment of Integrated Risk Management System (IRMS)
    Hyuck-myun Kwon, Dae-hyun Seong, Ho-Keun Chung, Il Moon (Korea)

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES


  • Models

    LP-Based Strategies for Modeling and Optimization Using Interval Methods
    Y. Lin, M.A. Stadtherr (USA)

    Direct Computer Mapping of Process Models
    B. Csukas, Gy Bankuti (Hungary)

    A Multiscale Model for Conceptual Design and Simulation of Carbothermic Reduction Process for Aluminium Production
    D.I Gerogiorgis, B.E. Ydstie (USA)

    Site-Modeling and its Applications
    Kwok-Yuen Cheung, Chi-Wai Hui, Haruo Sakamoto and Kentaro Hirata (Hong-Kong)*

  • Control Technologies

    On-line Optimization of a Paraffins Separation Plant
    Sebastián Eloy Sequeira, Moisès Graells, Luis Puigjaner (Spain)

    Towards Integrated Dynamic Real-Time Optimization and Control of Industrial Processes
    W. Marquardt et al. (Germany)*

    Computer-Aided Hazard Identification in Sequential Operations Using Petri Nets
    Yi-Feng Wang and Chuei-Tin Chang (Taiwan)

  • Optimization Technologies

    Dynamic Optimization for Switching Between Operating Modes in Cryogenic Plants
    S.Diaz, S. Tonelli, A. Bandoni, L. Biegler (Argentina / USA)

    Nonlinear Programming Algorithms for Large Nonlinear Gasoline Blending Problems
    M.Y.B. Poku, L.T. Biegler, J.D. Kelly, R. Coxhead, V.A. Gopal (USA)*

    Chance Constrained Batch Distillation Process Optimization under Uncertainty
    H. Arellano-Garcia, W. Martini, M. Wendt, P. Li, G. Wozny (Germany)

    The Strategy for MINLP Synthesis of Flexible and Operable Processes
    Zorka Novak Pintaric, Zdravko Kravanja (Slovenia)

    An Algorithmic Framework for Improving Heuristic Solutions Applied to New Versions of the Traveling Salesman Problem
    J. Choi, J.H. Lee, M.J. Realff (USA)

    Multiobjective Process Optimisatin by Applying Conflict-based Approach
    Li, Rong, Kraslawski (Finland)

    Application of Genetic Algorithms to the Optimization of an Industrial Reactor of Production of Cyclohexanol
    I. R.de S. Victorino, R. Maciel-Filho, R. F. Martini and M. R. Wolf Maciel (Brazil)

    Optimization of Nonlinear Manufacturing Systems under Uncertainty
    M. A. Salgueiro, A.E. Moncada, J. Acevedo (Mexico)

    Parallel Optimization of Operation for Ethylene Cracking Furnace
    Wang, Xu, Chen, He (China)

* Paper with industrial participation