This preliminary program is subject to change.

Advances in Global Optimization


Description:
Papers are invited in the general area of Global Optimization of Process Systems.

Sponsor:
Computers in Operations and Information Processing


Chair:
Alexander Mitsos
Assistant Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Fax Number: 1-617-258-5802
Email: amitsos@alum.mit.edu

Co-Chair:
Benoit Chachuat
Senior Lecturer
Imperial College London
Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ
Phone Number: +44 (0)20 7594 5594
Email: b.chachuat@imperial.ac.uk


Papers:
Third Generation Branch-and-Reduce Algorithms and Software
Nick Sahinidis, Carnegie Mellon University; Aida Khajavirad, Carnegie Mellon University
Global Optimization of Bilinear Programs with a Multiparametric Disaggregation Technique
Scott Kolodziej, Carnegie Mellon University; Pedro M. Castro, LNEG; Ignacio E. Grossmann, Carnegie Mellon University
Globally Optimizing Mixed-Integer Signomial Programs
Christodoulos A. Floudas, Princeton University; Ruth Misener, Princeton University
A Parametric Approach for the Global Optimization of Mixed-Integer Fractional Programs
Yunfei Chu, Northwestern University; Fengqi You, Northwestern University
Convex Relaxation of Multivariate Compositions
Angelos Tsoukalas, MIT; Alexander Mitsos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Improved Relaxations for Global Optimization with ODEs and DAEs Embedded
Joseph K. Scott, Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy; Paul Barton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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