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When model-based multivariable control made its debut in the 1980s, it was expected that process models, once acquired through a plant step test, would be durable and long lived. However, this ...

Problem definition: Assortment selection is one of the most important decisions faced by retailers. Most existing papers in the literature assume that customers select at most one item out of the ...

At yearend 1998, Koa Oil Co. (now part of Nippon Oil Corp.) embarked on a comprehensive advanced control implementation at its refineries in Marifu and Osaka. The advanced control implementation ...