Monday, 31 October 2005: 3:15 PM-5:45 PM
301 (Cincinnati Convention Center)

Computers in Operations and Information Processing (10c)

#106 - Advances in Optimization II (10C15)
Papers are invited in the area of operation, optimization, and control of micro- and nano-scale systems. Here, micro and nano refer to the size of the entire system, or the scale at which operations take place (e.g. nanostructured materials). Systems could include but are not limited to micro-reactors, micro/nano electro-mechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), micro-sensors and actuators, and micro-fluidic systems. Applications from bioengineered systems (e.g. bio-MEMS) are particularly encouraged. Contributions that address modeling issues involved such as multi-scale modeling, present new strategies for operation and control, or discuss novel applications are welcome.
CoChair:Randy Esposito
Chair:Marianthi Ierapetritou
3:15 PMParticle Swarm Optimization in Discontinuous Function Spaces
Arun Giridhar, Balachandra B. Krishnamurthy, Rakesh Agrawal, Venkat Venkatasubramanian
3:35 PMA Block-Bordered Interior Point Approach for the Solution of Multiperiod Nonlinear Programs
Carl D. Laird, Lorenz T. Biegler
3:55 PMStrong Valid Inequalities and a Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for a Scheduling Mip Model
Christos T. Maravelias
4:15 PMParameter Estimation for Stochastic Differential Models: Application to a Model of Polymer Rheology
Bernardino Pereira Lo, Andrew J. Haslam, Claire S. J. Adjiman
4:35 PMSimultaneous Large-Scale Parameter Estimation in Tubular Polymerization Reactors
Victor M. Zavala, Lorenz T. Biegler
4:55 PMRobust and Efficient Algorithm for Optimizing Crude Oil Operations
J. Li, Wenkai Li, I.A. Karimi, R. Srinivasan
5:15 PMA Novel and Effective Integer Optimization Approach for the Nsf Panel Assignment Problem: a Multi-Resource and Preference-Constrained Generalized Assignment Problem
Stacy L. Janak, Martin S. Taylor, Christodoulos A. Floudas, Maria K. Burka, T. J. Mountziaris
Sponsor:Computing and Systems Technology Division
Cosponsors:Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum

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