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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2022
Aspentech Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Sebastian Terrazas-Moreno, Houston, TX (US);
Dimitrios Varvarezos, Houston, TX (US);
AspenTech Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments control industrial supply chains. An embodiment controls a supply chain formed of multiple nodes by obtaining an input-output model for each node. In response, for each node in the supply chain an equation-oriented model is generated using the obtained input-output model corresponding to the node. The generated equation-oriented models of the multiple nodes are integrated with a linking structure to form an optimization model of the supply chain. The optimization model of the supply chain includes a plurality of variables, e.g., interface variables indicating relationships between the generated equation-oriented models for each node in the supply chain. To continue, the optimization model of the supply chain is solved using a categorization of each of the plurality of variables to determine a value for at least one variable of the plurality. In turn, the method outputs a signal indicating the determined value.