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    MILP model for simultaneous batching, production and distribution operations in single-stage multiproduct batch plants
    (International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, 2025-04-08) Tibaldo, Aldana; Montagna, Jorge Marcelo; Fumero, Yanina
    Traditionally, the short-term production and distribution activities have been addressed with a decoupled and sequential methodology. Although this approach simplifies the problem, there are several environments where it generates inefficiencies or is simply not applicable. Consequently, the integration of both problems is very valuable in a variety of industrial applications, especially in industries where final products must be delivered to customers shortly after production. This paper presents a mixed-integer linear optimization model that simultaneously solves the production and distribution scheduling in a single-stage multi-product batch facility with multiple nonidentical units operating in parallel, where transportation operations are carried out with a heterogeneous fleet of vehicles. As operations are performed in a batch environment, the production and distribution problems also integrate decisions related to the number and size of batches required to meet the demand for multiple products. The capabilities of the proposed approach are illustrated through several cases of study. Finally, these examples are solved with a two-stage approach and the superiority of the solutions using the integrated approach is demonstrated.
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    An adaptive soft sensor for on-line monitoring the mass conversion in the emulsion copolymerization of the continuous SBR process
    (Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, 2023) Sanseverinatti, Carlos Ignacio; Perdomo, Mariano Miguel; Clementi, Luis Alberto; Vega, Jorge Rubén
    Soft sensors (SS) are of importance in monitoring polymerization processes because numerous production and quality variables cannot be measured online. Adaptive SSs are of interest to maintain accurate estimations under disturbances and changes in operating points. This study proposes an adaptive SS to online estimate the mass conversion in the emulsion copolymerization required for the production of Styrene-Butadiene rubber (SBR). The SS includes a bias term calculated from sporadic laboratory measurements. Typically, the bias is updated every time a new laboratory report becomes available, but this strategy leads to unnecessarily frequent bias updates. The SS includes a statistic-based tool to avoid unnecessary bias updates and reduce the variability of the bias with respect to classical approaches. A control chart (CC) for individual determinations combined with an algorithmic Cusum is used to monitor the statistical stability of the average prediction error. The adaptive SS enables a bias update only when a loss of said statistical stability is detected. Several bias update methods are tested on a simulated industrial train of reactors for the latex production in the SBR process. The best results are obtained by combining the proposed CC-based approach with a previously developed Bayesian bias update strategy.