2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Advances in Optimization II

Papers are invited in the general area of Process Systems Optimization. Application papers offering insights into the interplay between optimization theory and practice are particularly encouraged.

Chair

Kevin C. Furman, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering

Co-Chair

Dimitrios Varvarezos, Aspen Technology, Inc.

Presentations

12:30 PM

(264a) A Barrier-Terrain Methodology for Global Optimization
Angelo Lucia, Rajeswar R. Gattupalli, Kedar Kulkarni, Andreas A. Linninger

12:50 PM

(264b) Rank-Filter-Based Algorithm to Stochastic Minlp Optimization
Chengtao Wen, B. Erik Ydstie

01:10 PM

(264c) Global Optimization of Nonconvex Minlps Using Generalized Reduction Constraints Obtained from Alternative Model Formulations
Juan P. Ruiz, Ignacio E. Grossmann

01:30 PM

(264d) Mpec Strategies for Optimization of Chemical Process Dynamics
Brian T. Baumrucker, Lorenz Biegler

01:50 PM

(264e) Cfd-Based Shape Optimization of Pressure-Driven Microchannels Via Adjoint Formulation
Osamu Tonomura, Manabu Kano, Shinji Hasebe

02:10 PM

(264f) Coarse Regularization and Optimization of Microscopic Monte-Carlo Based Time-Steppers
Eduardo Luna-Ortiz, Santiago Martínez, Susana Gómez

02:30 PM

(264g) On the Global Optimality of a Class of Multilevel QP Problems in Dynamic Operability Applications
Rhoda Baker, Christopher Swartz