@inbook{442a7c55fddb4cd8a7326bea0a33ed57,
title = "New Continuous-Time Scheduling Formulation for Multiproduct Pipelines",
abstract = "This paper presents a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) scheduling model for unidirectional pipelines. It is a product-centric formulation as opposed to batch-centric formulations that replace products with batches to facilitate modelling the movement of materials. A new set of coordinate constraints is proposed, allowing a product to re-enter a segment after completely leaving on the other side. They replace a complex Resource-Task Network (RTN) superstructure from our previous work, leading to smaller problem sizes and orders of magnitude faster computational times. Compared to a closely-related batch-centric formulation, it has the advantage of having a single tuning parameter, which is reflected in the ability to reduce the makespan for one benchmark problem by 7.2%.",
keywords = "Computational logistics, Mathematical modeling, Operations, Optimization",
author = "Castro, {Pedro M.} and Hossein Mostafaei",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1016/B978-0-444-63965-3.50232-4",
language = "English",
series = "Computer Aided Chemical Engineering",
publisher = "Elsevier",
pages = "1381--1386",
booktitle = "Computer Aided Chemical Engineering",
address = "Netherlands",
}