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APROS-NIMBUS: Dynamic Process Simulator and Interactive Multiobjective Optimization in Plant Automation

Kaisa MiettinenHannu NiemistöJussi HakanenJouni SavolainenKarthik SindhyaVesa Ojalehto

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Plant automationpareto optimalityComputer scienceProcess (engineering)business.industryControl (management)multiple criteria decision makingDecision makerMulti-objective optimizationdecision makingSoftwareConflicting objectivesbusinessSimulation

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Abstract Virtual commissioning of chemical plants often involves a dynamic simulator and an optimization method. This paper demonstrates the integration of APROS, a dynamic process simulator and IND-NIMBUS, an interactive multiobjective optimization software. We implement a multiobjective concentration control problem in APROS involving conflicting objectives and employ a decision maker to interact with IND-NIMBUS and express his preference information to finally obtain his most preferred solution. The results of this study show that APROS and IND-NIMBUS can be integrated and an interactive multiobjective optimization method can help the decision maker in exploring trade-offs among conflicting objectives and available solutions, and finally choose one solution as his preferred one.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2013-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-444-63234-0.50146-9