Biomass-to-bioenergy and biofuel supply chain optimization: Overview, key issues and challenges

D Yue, F You, SW Snyder - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
This article describes the key challenges and opportunities in modeling and optimization of
biomass-to-bioenergy supply chains. It reviews the major energy pathways from terrestrial …

Supply chain design and optimization: Challenges and opportunities

DJ Garcia, F You - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Optimal supply chain design is vital to the success of industrial concerns now more than
ever before. This paper reviews some principal research opportunities and challenges in the …

Quantum computing based hybrid solution strategies for large-scale discrete-continuous optimization problems

A Ajagekar, T Humble, F You - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Quantum computing (QC) has gained popularity due to its unique capabilities that are quite
different from that of classical computers in terms of speed and methods of operations. This …

Annotation-free discovery of functional groups in microbial communities

X Shan, A Goyal, R Gregor, OX Cordero - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - nature.com
Recent studies have shown that microbial communities are composed of groups of
functionally cohesive taxa whose abundance is more stable and better-associated with …

Optimal design and operations of supply chain networks for water management in shale gas production: MILFP model and algorithms for the water‐energy nexus

J Gao, F You - AIChE Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The optimal design and operations of water supply chain networks for shale gas production
is addressed. A mixed‐integer linear fractional programming (MILFP) model is developed …

Sustainable design and synthesis of energy systems

J Gong, F You - Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•State-of-the-art review of sustainable design and synthesis of energy
systems.•Research challenges of the superstructure optimization approach.•Incorporating …

Robust design and operations of hydrocarbon biofuel supply chain integrating with existing petroleum refineries considering unit cost objective

K Tong, F You, G Rong - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the optimal design and planning of the advanced hydrocarbon biofuel
supply chain with the unit cost objective. Benefited from the drop-in properties of advanced …

Sustainable design and operation of cellulosic bioelectricity supply chain networks with life cycle economic, environmental, and social optimization

D Yue, M Slivinsky, J Sumpter… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2014 - ACS Publications
In this work, we propose a novel multiobjective optimization model for the sustainable
design and operation of bioelectricity supply chain networks, which simultaneously accounts …

A computational framework and solution algorithms for two‐stage adaptive robust scheduling of batch manufacturing processes under uncertainty

H Shi, F You - AIChE Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A novel two‐stage adaptive robust optimization (ARO) approach to production scheduling of
batch processes under uncertainty is proposed. We first reformulate the deterministic mixed …

Deciphering and handling uncertainty in shale gas supply chain design and optimization: Novel modeling framework and computationally efficient solution algorithm

J Gao, F You - AIChE Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The optimal design and operations of shale gas supply chains under uncertainty of
estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) is addressed. A two‐stage stochastic mixed‐integer …