In the first part of this series of paperswe presented a newnetwork-based continuous-time representation for the short-term scheduling of batch processes, which overcomes numerous shortcomings of existing approaches. In ...

A novel network-based framework for the short-term scheduling of multi-purpose batch processes is presented. The novelty of the proposed approach lies in five key concepts. First, it is based on a new continuous-time ...

We present a novel network-based continuous-time formulation for process scheduling that addresses multiple limitations of existing approaches. Specifically, it handles non-simultaneous transfers of input/output materials ...

The biopharmaceutical industries are continuously faced with the pressure to reduce the development costs and accelerate development time scales. The traditional approach of heuristic-based or platform process-based ...

Background: In Chile, a patient needing a specialty consultation or surgery has to frst be referred by a general practitioner, then placed on a waiting list. The Explicit Health Guarantees (GES in Spanish) ensures, by law, ...