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BASF uses a framework for developing web-based production-planning-optimization tools
Abstract
We developed a computational framework for delivering practical production-planning-optimization tools on BASF Intranet. The framework enables users with Web browsers to access complex optimization tools to interactively compute optimal production plans on any computer platform. We formulated a MILP (mixed-integer linear programming) production-planning-optimization model for one of BASF's chemical manufacturing plants and built a generic infrastructure for integrating optimization engines and the Internet using server-side Java programming. This framework has changed the way BASF implements and deploys mathematical modeling tools.