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• Aggarwal, A, and Floudas, C A, Synthesis of General Distillation Sequences: Nonsharp Separation. Computers and Chemical Engineering 14, 6 (1990), 631-653.
• Ahadi-Oskui, T, Alperin, H, Nowak, I, Cziesla, F, and Tsatsaronis, G, A Relaxation-Based Heuristic for the Design of Cost-Effective Energy Conversion Systems. Energy 31 (2006), 1346-1357.
• Ashrafi, N, and Berman, O, Optimization models for selection of programs, considering cost and reliability. IEEE Trans. Reliab. 41 (1992), 281-287.
• Back, T, Ed, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Genetic Algorithms, 1997.
• Berman, O, and Ashrafi, N, Optimization Models for Reliability of Modular Software Systems. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 19, 11 (1993), 1119-1123.
• Biegler, L T, Grossmann, I E, and Westerberg, A W, Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1997.
• Bussieck, M R, Optimal Lines in Public Rail Transport. PhD thesis, TU Braunschweig, 1998.
• Castillo, I, Westerlund, J, Emetb, S, and Westerlund, T, Optimization of block layout design problems with unequal areas: A comparison of MILP and MINLP optimization methods. Computers and Chemical Engineering 30 (2005), 54-769.
• Claessens, M T, van Dijk, N M, and Zwaneveld, P J, Cost Optimal Allocation of Rail Passenger Lines. European Journal Operation Research 110, 3 (1998), 474-489.
• de Wolf, D, and Smeers, Y, The Gas Transmission Problem Solved by and Extension of the Simplex Algorithm. Management Science 46, 11 (2000), 1454-1465.
• Drud, A S, and Rosenborg, A, Dimensioning Water Distribution Networks. Masters thesis, Institute of Mathematical Statistics and Operations Research, Technical University of Denmark, 1973. (in Danish)
• Duran, M A, and Grossmann, I E, An Outer-Approximation Algorithm for a Class of Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programs. Mathematical Programming 36 (1986), 307-339.
• Edgar, T F, Himmelblau, D M, and Lasdon, L S, Optimization of Chemical Processes. McGraw Hill, Boston, 2001.
• Falk, J E, and Soland, R M, An algorithm for separable nonconvex programming problems. Management Science 15 (1969), 550-569.
• Floudas, C A, Pardalos, P M, Adjiman, C S, Esposito, W R, Gumus, Z H, Harding, S T, Klepeis, J L, Meyer, C A, and Schweiger, C A, Handbook of Test Problems in Local and Global Optimization. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
• Floudas, C A, Nonlinear and Mixed Integer Optimization: Fundamentals and Applications. Oxford University Press, 1995.
• Floudas, C A, and Paules IV, G E, A Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming Formulation for the Synthesis of Heat Integrated Distillation Sequence. Computers and Chemical Engineering 12, 6 (1988), 531-546.
• Floudas, C A, and Paradalos, P M, Encyclopedia of Optimization. Kluwer Academic Press, 2001.
• Gupta, O K, and Ravindran, A, Branch and Bound Experiments in Convex Nonlinear Integer Programming. Management Science 13 (1985), 1533-1546.
• Harjunkoski, I, Westerlund, T, Porn, R, and Skrifvars, H, Different Transformations for Solving Non-Convex Trim Loss Problems by MINLP. European Journal of Operational Research 105, 3 (1998), 594-603.
• Jain, V, and Grossmann, I E, Cyclic Scheduling of Continuous Parallel Units with Decaying Performance. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal 44, 7 (1998), 1623-1636.
• Juedes, M, Vigerske, S, and Tsatsaronis, G, Optimization of the Design and Partial-Load Operation of Power Plants Using Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming. In Kallrath, J, and Pardalos, P, Eds, Optimization in the Energy Industry. Springer, 2008.
• Kocis, G R, and Grossmann, I E, Relaxation Strategy for the Structural Optimization of Process Flow Sheets. Industrial and Engineering Chemical Research 26, 9 (1987), 1869-1880.
• Kocis, G R, and Grossmann, I E, Global Optimization of Nonconvex MINLP Problems in Process Synthesis. Industrial and Engineering Chemical Research 27 (1988), 1407-1421.
• Kocis, G R, and Grossmann, I E, A Modeling and Decomposition Strategy for the MINLP Optimization of Process Flowsheets. Computers and Chemical Engineering 13, 7 (1989), 797-819.
• Kocis, G R, and Grossmann, I E, Computational Experience with DICOPT Solving Minlp Problems in Process Synthesis. Computers and Chemical Engineering 13, 3 (1989), 307-315.
• Li, H, and Chou, C, A global approach for nonlinear mixed discrete programming in design optimization. Engineering Optimization 22 (1994), 109-122.
• Manne, A S, GAMS/MINOS: Three examples. Tech. rep., Department of Operations Research, Stanford University, 1986.
• Marin, R, Points of location on a fixture, 1998. Personal Communication
• Mavrotas, G, Generation of efficient solutions in Multiobjective Mathematical Programming problems using GAMS. Tech. rep., School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 2006.
• Pardalos, P M, and Romeijn, E, Eds, Handbook of Global Optimization - Volume 2: Heuristic Approaches. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.
• Porn, R, Harjunkoski, I, and Westerlund, T, Convexification of Different Classes of Non-Convex MINLP Problems. Computers and Chemical Engineering 23 (1999), 439-448.
• Quist, A J, de Klerk, E, Roos, K, Terlaky, T, van Geemert, R, Hoogenboom, J E, and Illes, T, Finding Optimal Nuclear Reactor Core Reload Patterns Using Nonlinear Optimization and Search Heuristics. Engineering Optimization 32 (1999), 143-176.
• Ragavan, R, and Rohde, S M, Eds, Computers in Engineering, Vol. III, 1985.
• Sahinidis, N, Tawarmalani, M, and Yu, M, Design of alternative refrigerants via global optimization, 2002. (in preparation)
• Sandgren, E, Nonlinear Integer and Discrete Programming in Mechanical Design Optimization. Journal of Mechanical Design, Trans. ASME 112 (1990), 223-229.
• Schoonen, B, Bram Schoonen's Model Collection.
• Shectman, J P, Finite Algorithms for Global Optimization of Concave Programs and General Quadratic Programs, 1999. PhD thesis, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne
• Shin, D K, Gurdal, Z, and Griffin, O H, A penalty approach for nonlinear optimization with discrete design variables. Engineering Optimization 16 (1990), 29--42.
• Silver, E A, and Moon, I, A Fast Heuristic for Minimizing Total Average Cycle Stock Subject to Practical Constraints. Journal of the Operational Research Society 50 (1999), 789-796.
• Tawarmalani, M, and Sahinidis, N, Convexification and Global Optimization in Continuous and Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming: Theory, Algorithms, Software, and Applications. Kluwer, 2002.
• Viswanathan, J, and Grossmann, I E, A Combined Penalty Function and Outer Approximation Method for MINLP Optimization. Computers and Chemical Engineering 14, 7 (1990), 769-782.
• Westerlund, T, Petterson, F, and Grossmann, I E, Optimization of Pump Configurations as a MINLP Problem. Computers and Chemical Engineering 18, 9 (1994), 845-858.
• Westerlund, T, and Lundqvist K., Alpha-ECP, Version 5.01 An Interactive MINLP-Solver Based on the Extended Cutting Plane Method, Report 01-178-A. Tech. rep., Process Design Laboratory at Abo University, 2001.
• Wood, A J, and Wollenberg, B F, Power Generation, Operation and Control. John Wiley and Sons, 1984.
• Yee, T F, and Grossmann, I E, Simultaneous Optimization of Models for Heat Integration - Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis. Computers and Chemical Engineering 14, 10 (1990), 1165-1184.
• Yuan, X, Zhang, S, and Pibouleau, L, A Mixed-Integer Nonlinear-Programming Method for Process Design. RAIRO - Recherche Operationnelle-Operations Research 22 (1988), 331-346.
• Yuan, X, Zhang, S, Pibouleau, L, and Domenech, S, Une methode d'optimisation non lineaire en variables mixtes pour la conception de procedes. Recherche Operataionnelle/Operations Research 22 (1988), 331-346.
• Zamora, J, and Grossmann, I E, A Global MINLP Optimization Algorithm for the Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks with No Stream Splits. Computers and Chemical Engineering 22, 3 (1998), 367-384.
• Zenios, S A, Ed, Financial Optimization. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 1993.