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Planning in the Process Industry

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Introduction

  A Definition of Planning

  Special Planning Features in the Process Industry

  Some Comments on Planning and Scheduling in the Process Industry

Model Features in Planning Problems

Planning Under Uncertainty

Multi-Criteria Planning Problems

Solution Approaches

Conclusions

References

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Kallrath, J. (2008). Planning in the Process Industry . In: Floudas, C., Pardalos, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_510

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