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Paul I. Barton
Selected Publications and Lectures

"Global Solution of Optimization Problems with Parameter-Embedded Linear Dynamic Systems", Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 121(3):613-646, 2004, (with A.B. Singer).

"Outer Approximation Algorithms for Separable Nonconvex Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programs", Mathematical Programming, Series A, 100(3):517-535, 2004, (with P. Kesavan, R. J. Allgor and E. P. Gatzke).

"Design of Process Operations using Hybrid Dynamic Optimization", Computers chem. Engng., 28(6-7):955-969, 2004, (with C. K. Lee).

"Global Optimization of Linear Hybrid Systems with Explicit Transitions", Systems & Control Letters, 51(5):363-375, 2004, (with C. K. Lee and A. B. Singer).

"Alternatives for Micropower Generation Processes", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 43(1):74-84, 2004, (with A. Mitsos and I. Palou-Rivera).

"Optimally-Reduced Kinetic Models: Reaction Elimination in Large-Scale Kinetic Mechanisms", Combustion and Flame, 135(3):191-208, 2003, (with B. Bhattacharjee, D. A. Schwer and W. H. Green, Jr.).

"Global Dynamic Optimization of Linear Time Varying Hybrid Systems", Dynamics of Continuous Discrete and Impulsive Systems - Series B, S: 153-158, 2003, (with C. K. Lee).

"Modeling, Simulation, Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization of Hybrid Systems", ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 12(4):256-289, 2002, (with C. K. Lee).

"Index and Characteristic Analysis of Linear PDAE Systems", SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 24(3):905-923, 2002, (with W. S. Martinson). Copyright SIAM 2002, posted with permission.

"Numerical Solvers", In: Bertrand Braunschweig and Rafiqul Gani, editors, Software Architectures for Computer Aided Process Engineering, pp. 127-164, Elsevier, (2002), (with J. E. Tolsma).

"On Inconsistent Initial Conditions for Linear Time-Invariant Differential-Algebraic Equations", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - I. Fundamental Theory and Applications, 49(11):1646-1648, 2002, (with G. Reiszig and H. Boche).


"Construction of Convex Function Relaxations Using Automated Code Generation Techniques," Optimization and Engineering, (2001), (with E. P. Gatzke and J. E. Tolsma).

"On Upgrading the Numerics in Combustion Chemistry Codes," Combustion and Flame, (2001), (with D. A. Schwer, J. E. Tolsma and W. H. Green, Jr.).

"Computer-Construction of Detailed Chemical Kinetic Models for Gas-Phase Reactors," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., (2001), (with W. H. Green, Jr., B. Bhattacharjee, D. M. Matheu, D. A. Schwer, J. Song, R. Sumanthi, H. H. Carstensen, A. M. Dean and J. M. Grenda).

"Convex Underestimators For Dynamic Optimization Problems," Technical Report, (2001), (with A. B. Singer).

"Distributed Models in Plantwide Dynamic Simulators," AIChE Journal, 47 (6), 1372-1386, (2001), (with W. S. Martinson).

"Hidden Discontinuities and Parametric Sensitivity Analysis," SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, (May 2000), (with J. E. Tolsma).

"Solvent Recovery Opportunities in the Pharmaceutical Industry," Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development, 3 (6), 707-713, (2000).

"Optimization of Hybrid Discrete/Continuous Dynamic Systems," Computers Chem. Engng., 24 (9/10), 2171-2182, (2000), (with S. Galan and J. R. Banga).

"Pollution Prevention with a Middle Vessel Column," Process Design Tools for the Environment, M. El-Halwagi and S. Sikdar, editors, Taylor and Francis, (July 1999), (with W. Cheong).

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