Two-stage Thermal Decomposition of Solids

Multi-project scheduling with two-stage decomposition

A non-preemptive, zero time lag multi-project scheduling problem with multiple modes and limited renewable and nonrenewable resources is considered. A 2stage decomposition approach is adopted to formulate the problem as a hierarchy of 0-1 mathematical programming models. At stage one; each project is reduced to a macro-activity with macro-modes. The macro-activities are combined into a single m...

Two-stage Approaches for Decomposition of Icesat Waveforms

The Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) was launched January 13, 2003. The primary purpose of this mission is the determination of inter-annual and long-term changes in polar ice-sheet mass, the causes of changes in mass balance, and the impact of these changes on global sea level. In addition to these objectives, ICESat mission also enables precise measurement of land topography a...

Thermal Decomposition of Coal

Thermal stability and thermal decomposition of sucralose

Several papers have been described on the thermal stability of the sweetener, C12H19Cl3O8 (Sucralose). Nevertheless no study using thermoanalytical techniques was found in the literature. Simultaneous thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and infrared spectroscopy, have been used to study the thermal stability and thermal decomposit...

Risk-Averse Two-Stage Stochastic Linear Programming: Modeling and Decomposition

We formulate a risk-averse two-stage stochastic linear programming problem in which unresolved uncertainty remains after the second stage. The objective function is formulated as a composition of conditional risk measures. We analyze properties of the problem and derive necessary and sufficient optimality conditions. Next, we construct two decomposition methods for solving the problem. The firs...