In order to strengthen competitiveness, the pool of available network sites in supply chains of processing industries with 24/7 operations should be adjusted permanently. However, an integration of additional sites is to be assessed thoroughly by the network managers as an exact coordination...

An increasing number of municipalities are striving for energy autonomy. This study determines in which municipalities and at what additional cost energy autonomy is feasible for a case study of Germany. An existing municipal energy system optimization model is extended to include the personal...

The combinatorial integral approximation (CIA) decomposition suggests solving mixed-integer optimal control problems by solving one continuous nonlinear control problem and one mixed-integer linear program (MILP). Unrealistic frequent switching can be avoided by adding a constraint on the total...