A Multi-Objective Decomposition Optimization Method for Refinery Crude Oil Scheduling through Genetic Programming

  • Cristiane Salgado Pereira
  • , Luis Martí
  • , Douglas Mota Dias
  • , Marley Vellasco

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Abstract

This paper proposes an evolutionary algorithm integrating genetic programming and a decomposition-based multi-objective algorithm to address a crude oil refinery scheduling problem. Four objectives are modelled, two related to maintaining the crude oil processing level, and the other two aim to keep the refinery operations as smooth as possible. The proposed method, Constrained-Decomposition of Quantum-Inspired Grammar-based Linear Genetic Programming (C-DQIGLGP), uses Quantum-Inspired Grammar-based Linear Genetic Programming (QIGLGP), replacing its hierarchical approach for the objectives with a multi-objective decomposition-based one. To achieve this goal, QIGLGP was profoundly modified regarding sorting individuals, updating the population, and applying the evolutionary operator. Individuals whose objective values related to processing level are under a predefined limit are better ranked. We compare the results of C-DQIGLGP for five scenarios from a real refinery to those obtained by QIGLGP and Constrained Non-dominated Sort QIGLGP (C-NSQIGLGP), from literature, demonstrating the better performance of C-DQIGLGP for all cases.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGECCO 2023 Companion - Proceedings of the 2023 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages1972-1980
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9798400701207
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jul 2023
Event2023 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion, GECCO 2023 Companion - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: 15 Jul 202319 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameGECCO 2023 Companion - Proceedings of the 2023 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion

Conference

Conference2023 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion, GECCO 2023 Companion
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period15/07/2319/07/23

Keywords

  • decomposition
  • evolutionary multi-objective optimization
  • genetic programming
  • quantum-inspired algorithm
  • refinery scheduling

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