A mixed-integer conic programming formulation for computing the flexibility index under multivariate gaussian uncertainty

Abstract We present a methodology for computing the flexibility index when uncertainty is characterized using multivariate Gaussian random variables. Our approach computes the flexibility index by solving a mixed-integer conic program (MICP). This methodology directly characterizes ellipsoidal sets to capture correlations in contrast to previous methodologies that employ approximations. We also show that, under a Gaussian representation, the flexibility index can be used to obtain a lower bound for the so-called stochastic flexibility index (i.e., the probability of having feasible operation). Our results also show that the methodology can be generalized to capture different types of uncertainty sets.

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