network design

Robust Optimization for Petroleum Supply Chain Collaborative Design and Planning

L.J. Fernandes, S. Relvas, D. Alem, A.P. Barbosa-Póvoa

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (Published)

Jun, 2016

Keywords: downstream petroleum supply chain network design collaborative planning robust optimization uncertainty management

Network design and planning is instrumental to improve the Petroleum Supply Chains (PSC) competitiveness, affected nowadays by the economic crisis, alternative energy competition and price related uncertainties. This poses the need of developing stochastic models for simultaneous profit…

Petroleum supply chain network design and tactical planning with demand uncertainty

L.J. Fernandes, S. Relvas, A.P. Barbosa-Póvoa

Operations Research and Big Data IO2015-XVII Congress of Portuguese Association of Operational Research (APDIO) (Published)

Oct, 2015

Keywords: Petroleum supply chain Network design Tactical planning Stochastic MILP Demand uncertainty Expected value

The energy sector has dominated the world attention as recently arrived shale gas and slumping crude oil prices globally affect Petroleum Supply Chains (PSC). Fluctuating demand and prices are forcing companies to rethink existing distribution networks and production plans in order to improve network…