State-of-the-art review of optimization methods for short-term scheduling of batch processes

CA Méndez, J Cerdá, IE Grossmann… - Computers & chemical …, 2006 - Elsevier
There has been significant progress in the area of short-term scheduling of batch processes,
including the solution of industrial-sized problems, in the last 20 years. The main goal of this …

Process scheduling under uncertainty: Review and challenges

Z Li, M Ierapetritou - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2008 - Elsevier
Uncertainty is a very important concern in production scheduling since it can cause
infeasibilities and production disturbances. Thus scheduling under uncertainty has received …

HVAC controller with integrated airside and waterside cost optimization

MJ Risbeck, RD Turney, CT Maravelias - US Patent 10,761,547, 2020 - Google Patents
Primary Examiner Santosh R Poudel (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Foley & Lardner LLP
(57) ABSTRACT A building HVAC system includes a waterside system and an airside …

[HTML][HTML] Learning-based multi-agent MPC for irrigation scheduling

BT Agyeman, M Nouri, WM Appels, J Liu… - Control Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Amid concerns about freshwater scarcity, the agricultural sector faces challenges in water
conservation and optimizing crop yields, highlighting the limitations of traditional irrigation …

Multirobot rendezvous planning for recharging in persistent tasks

N Mathew, SL Smith… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses a multirobot scheduling problem in which autonomous unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) must be recharged during a long-term mission. The proposal is to …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization-based scheduling for the process industries: from theory to real-life industrial applications

GP Georgiadis, AP Elekidis, MC Georgiadis - Processes, 2019 - mdpi.com
Scheduling is a major component for the efficient operation of the process industries.
Especially in the current competitive globalized market, scheduling is of vital importance to …

Production rescheduling review: Opportunities for industrial integration and practical applications

IR Uhlmann, EM Frazzon - Journal of manufacturing systems, 2018 - Elsevier
Production rescheduling has been categorized according to applied approaches or
application context. With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, new perspectives and …

From rescheduling to online scheduling

D Gupta, CT Maravelias, JM Wassick - Chemical Engineering Research …, 2016 - Elsevier
We first review advances in rescheduling, traditionally viewed as an approach to tackle
uncertainty, including methods that rely on recourse through feedback as well as methods …

Integration of scheduling and control under uncertainties: Review and challenges

LS Dias, MG Ierapetritou - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to achieve optimal operational conditions, the integration of decision-making across
different layers of a company and the consideration of uncertain parameters in view of …

End-to-end on-line rescheduling from Gantt chart images using deep reinforcement learning

JA Palombarini, EC Martínez - International Journal of Production …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
With the advent of the socio-technical manufacturing paradigm, the way in which
rescheduling decisions are taken at the shop floor has radically changed in order to …