A cost minimization production planning model for continuous process chemical plant operations
针对连续过程化工厂在快速变化经济环境中的运营决策问题，提出了一个基于线性规划的生产规划模型，帮助管理者通过“假设分析”找到成本最小化方案，并通过13个决策变量的实例和五个真实场景验证了模型的有效性。
Abstract The management of large continuous process chemical plants oftentimes must make operating decisions within a rapidly changing economic environment. This paper describes a decision making aid in the form of a production planning model which is immediately responsive to such changes. The model provides cost minimization solutions to “what if” questions of management through the use of linear programming. Implementation upon an interactive computer system provides a user oriented model. A specific type of chemical plant operation involving 13 decision variables illustrates the approach. Five example real‐world situations demonstrate the approach's capability.