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Assessment of financial risk in the design and scheduling of multipurpose plants under demand uncertainty

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  • Miguel Vieira
  • Helena Paulo
  • Tânia Pinto-Varela
  • Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa

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Industrial companies are seeking for highly flexible strategic and operational solutions to face the requirements of current dynamic markets. The aim of this work is to provide a decision support assessment for the design and scheduling of a multipurpose plant under demand uncertainty, allowing the assessment of alternative risk profile solutions. A general two-stage mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model is proposed with the goal to maximise the annualised profit of the plant operation under a set of scenarios while minimising the associated financial risk. Considering the long-term investment perspective, the Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR) measure is used to evaluate the likelihood that a specific loss or gain will exceed a certain value at risk. A bi-objective model is formulated using the augmented ε-constraint method to generate an approximation to the Pareto-optimal curve, illustrating the trade-offs between plant profit (with the corresponding design and scheduling decisions) and the associated financial risk. Addressing a set of propositions regarding a case-study, the conclusions highlight the advantages of the risk measure integration in support of the decision-making process, discussing the managerial insights in the assessment of diverse financial outcomes for the solution optimisation.

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  • Miguel Vieira & Helena Paulo & Tânia Pinto-Varela & Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa, 2021. "Assessment of financial risk in the design and scheduling of multipurpose plants under demand uncertainty," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(20), pages 6125-6145, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:59:y:2021:i:20:p:6125-6145
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2020.1804638
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    1. Pedro Simão & Miguel Vieira & Telmo Pinto & Tânia Pinto-Varela, 2022. "Design and Operation of Multipurpose Production Facilities Using Solar Energy Sources for Heat Integration Sustainable Strategies," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-24, June.

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