The competitive, profitable, and safe operation of chemical plants depends on tight and
effective coordination among the different decision making levels of the enterprise, including …

To reduce the use of fossil fuels, forest-based biomass appears as an engaging source of
energy. Nevertheless, logistics costs represent one of the main barriers in the use of forestry …

In this work, a novel optimisation-simulation based on the Recursive Optimisation-
Simulation Approach (ROSA) methodology is developed to provide effective decision …

Demand response (DR) of large industrial electricity consumers is a promising option to
balance the fluctuating supply by renewable energies in the electricity grid. Renewable …

With the advent of the socio-technical manufacturing paradigm, the way in which
rescheduling decisions are taken at the shop floor has radically changed in order to …

The volatility of renewable energy sources leads to the development of electricity markets
with different time horizons, where flexible consumers can monetize their flexibility to …

We present an integrated digital twin framework for supply chain business processes. The
framework models supply chain processes as queueing networks where agents perform …

Industrial scheduling problems are usually characterized by a high complexity and in many,
if not all cases, a detailed representation of many specific features of the production process …

During the last two decades, an increasing number of large pharmaceutical companies have
decided to outsource part of their operations to reduce costs and mitigate their risk exposure …

Increased globalization and energy market deregulation are requiring process industries to
respond more rapidly to fluctuations in demand levels, and utility and raw material prices, in …