| Article ID: | iaor1995303 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 239 |
| End Page Number: | 245 |
| Publication Date: | May 1993 |
| Journal: | Operations Research Letters |
| Authors: | Porteus Evan L., Groote Xavier de |
| Keywords: | programming: nonlinear |
The authors analyze single parameter process design problems that typically entail minimizing the sum of convex and concave functions. They transform such problems into a tractable form, and obtain sharp characterizations of the original problem. Solution methods are discussed, including an algorithm for the finite case. Applications of the approach are included.