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MINLP: Applications in Blending and Pooling Problems

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Characteristics of Pooling and Blending Problems

  Multiple Solutions

  Nonlinear Blending

   Single versus Multiperiod Models

  Logical Constraints and MINLP Formulations

  Complexity of Models

Solution Methods

  Local Optimization Approaches

  Global Optimization Approaches

Applications

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References

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  1. SCA Technologies LLC, Pittsburgh, USA

    Viswanathan Visweswaran

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  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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Visweswaran, V. (2008). MINLP: Applications in Blending and Pooling Problems . In: Floudas, C., Pardalos, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_375

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