BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68317cb63181e DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160519T153000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160519T153000 URL:/chemical-engineering/events/seminar-new-solution-a nd-formulation-approaches-process SUMMARY:Seminar - “New Solution and Formulation Approaches for Process\nD esign and Operation under Uncertainty” by Xiang Li\, Department of\nChem ical Engineering\, Queen's University CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nABSTRACT:  Mathematical programming methods have b een widely adopted\nfor process design and operation\, as they provide sys tematic means to\nfind optimal or feasible design/operation decisions that may not be\neasily seen from qualitative or simple quantitative analysis. However\,\nmathematical programming formulations of process design and op eration\nproblems are usually _nonconvex_\, implying that an optimal\, or even a\nfeasible solution\, is difficult to obtain.\n DTSTAMP:20250524T080054Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR