Online operating mode trajectory optimization for production processes

Abstract

An apparatus and method for optimizing a process, including: receiving live operational data associated with a plurality of sub-processes of a process; selecting a pre-trained regression model from a plurality of pre-trained regression models for each sub-process of the plurality of sub-processes; generating a system-wide optimization model including a multi-period mathematical program model, including: one or more decision variables; a plurality of constraints, wherein: a first constraint of the plurality of constraints comprises one of the pre-trained regression models, and a second constraint of the plurality of constraints comprises an operational constraint; and an objective function; generating, via the optimization model, an operating mode trajectory including a plurality of intermediate operating modes at a plurality of intermediate times during a planning interval; and displaying a set-point trajectory recommendation in a graphical user interface based on the operating mode trajectory.