Multiobjective Decision Making for Papermaking

Summary: Pulp and paper industry foresees that mathematical modeling and decision support systems are among the most potential future technologies in process automation, for example, to develop competitiveness of the industrial sector. Our answer to the technology pull is a virtual paper machine and an intelligent decision support system based on mathematical modeling and multiobjective optimization. In this paper, we describe a realization of such a virtual paper machine and associated decision support tool for papermaking. Furthermore, some very encouraging numerical results of multiobjective optimization are given based on mathematical models validated with a pilot paper machine.