Industrial Engineering Journal ›› 2011, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (1): 67-71.

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ShortTerm Scheduling of Crude Oil Operations and Its Complexity

Bai Li-ping, Wu Nai-qi   

  1. Faculty of Electromechanical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology,Guangzhou 510090,China
  • Online:2011-02-28 Published:2011-03-22

Abstract:  This paper focuses on the tractability of shortterm scheduling for crude oil operations.With the help of control theory,a model of shortterm scheduling is developed.Then the complexity of pipeline scheduling is discussed.It concludes that the shortterm scheduling problem of crude oil operations is NPhard,which implies that it is intractable and further research is required.

Key words: refining, shortterm scheduling, complexity

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