Contribution to the development of efficient algorithms for solving complex single-objective and multi-objective optimization models

Optimization has become a major area in process systems engineering. It has evolved from a methodology of academic interest into a technology that has and continues to make significant impact in industry. In this thesis we have focused on development of tools based on two standard optimization metho...

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Autor: Copado Méndez, Pedro Jesús
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Rovira i virgili (URV)
Repositorio:Repositori Institucional de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili
OAI Identifier:oai:urv.cat:TDX:1427
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX1427
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/284089
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:66 - Enginyeria, tecnologia i indústria química. Metal·lúrgia
504 - Ciències del medi ambient
004 - Informàtica
0 - Generalitats
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Sumario:Optimization has become a major area in process systems engineering. It has evolved from a methodology of academic interest into a technology that has and continues to make significant impact in industry. In this thesis we have focused on development of tools based on two standard optimization methods: mathematical programming and metaheuristics. The objectives of this thesis are: firstly, the development of a hybrid metaheuristic for optimizing the design of supply chains, single objective (cost or benefit), where all parameters are known previously; secondly, the development of an effective algorithm for objective reduction facilitating the resolution of multi-objective problems; and finally, we improved the epsilon-constraint algorithm in multi-objective optimization. All the algorithms presented have been assessed with the methods established in the literature.