Process intensification offers the potential to drastically reduce the energy consumption and
cost of producing chemicals from both bulk and distributed feedstocks. This review article …

A large number of problems in production planning and scheduling, location, transportation,
finance, and engineering design require that decisions be made in the presence of …

In this paper, we provide a general classification of mathematical optimization problems,
followed by a matrix of applications that shows the areas in which these problems have …

To tackle the globally increasing discrepancy between food, energy and water demands and
resource availability sustainably, resource supply system models have to incorporate the …

Highlights•State-of-the-art review of sustainable design and synthesis of energy
systems.•Research challenges of the superstructure optimization approach.•Incorporating …

This paper presents the theoretical developments of a novel approach for the optimization of
design models involving stochastic parameters. Based on the postulation of general …

This paper provides a historical perspective and an overview of the pioneering work that
Manfred Morari developed in the area of resiliency for chemical processes. Motivated by …

In this paper the multiperiod planning and scheduling of multiproduct plants under demand
uncertainty is addressed. The proposed stochastic model, allowing for uncertain product …

Design feasibility and flexibility are recognized as important operability characteristics of a
chemical process. This is due to the variability of the parameters that appear in process …

Flexibility analysis and robust optimization are two approaches to solving optimization
problems under uncertainty that share some fundamental concepts, such as the use of …