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MINLP: Trim-loss Problem

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Encyclopedia of Optimization

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Keywords

Problem Formulation

Linear Transformations

Parameterization Methods

Convex Transformations

  Exponential Transformation

  Square-Root Transformation

  Logarithmic and Square-Root Transformation

  Inverted Transformation

  Modified Square-Root Transformation

Example: A Numerical Problem

Conclusions

Notation

See also

References

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Process Design Lab., Åbo Akad. University, Turku, Finland

    Iiro Harjunkoski

  2. Department Math., Åbo Akad. University, Turku, Finland

    Ray Pörn

  3. Process Design Lab., Åbo Akad. University, Åbo, Finland

    Tapio Westerlund

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  1. Iiro Harjunkoski
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544-5263, USA

    Christodoulos A. Floudas

  2. Center for Applied Optimization, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-6595, USA

    Panos M. Pardalos

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Harjunkoski, I., Pörn, R., Westerlund, T. (2008). MINLP: Trim-loss Problem . In: Floudas, C., Pardalos, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_387

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