Objetivo Many industrial decision processes, production planning problems, distribution problems, and problems occurring in logistics can be described as mixed-integer linear optimisation problems. However, the ability to solve these industrial problems depends on the sophistication of the tools and techniques available. This project will remedy the inadequacies of the tools currently available by developing a flexible, general-purpose commercial software tool for this class of problems. This will provide industrial modellers with access to new, more powerful methods capable of solving problems currently considered intractable. High-performance parallel computers offer the means to obtain solutions to difficult problems within an industrially relevant timeframe. These tools will be developed on parallel high-performance hardware available at all the partners and will be used to solve critical industrial problems at BASF, Unilever, PowerGen and Tractebel. The primary output of the project will be a set of tools which embody expert knowledge and adhere to best practice. The primary results will be much faster solution times for difficult and wider-ranging problems. This in turn will bring greater operating efficiency, reduced costs, better knowledge and understanding of industrial processes, and improved competitiveness. Ámbito científico natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economics Programa(s) FP4-ESPRIT 4 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of information technologies, 1994-1998 Tema(s) 6.8 - HPCN Information Management and Decision Support Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador DASH ASSOCIATES Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 2 CHURCH LANE NN7 3BX BLISWORTH Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (2) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo Basf Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Robert Bosch Strasse, Rheinland-Pfatz 67056 Ludwigshafen Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Unilever UK Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Port Sunlight Laboratory Quarry Road East Bebington L63 3JW Wirral Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos