A Simplex Evolutionary Operation for Mixture Production Processes

Abstract

Optimal operating conditions in mixture production processes often drift when there is a variation in the process variables or in the input components. Evolutionary operation is useful for improving online full-scale manufacturing processes by systematically changing the levels of the process variables without jeopardizing the product. This article presents an evolutionary operation procedure for large-scale mixture production processes using regular and nonregular simplexes. This article can be beneficial to practitioners who are interested in the online quality improvement of mixture production processes while maintaining the production amount of the mixture product.