The special interest group on Enterprise-wide Optimization (EWO) has been created as part of the project "Computational Models and Algorithms for Enterprise-wide Optimization of Process Industries" that has been funded by the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance through ICES.

The goal of the project is to provide a comprehensive set of computational capabilities for addressing the integrated planning, scheduling, real-time optimization and inventory control of process systems.

The project involves a total of 7 Ph.D. students, and 6 faculty (CMU:
Larry Biegler, Ignacio Grossmann, John Hooker; Lehigh: Larry Snyder;
UPitt: Andrew Schaeffer; Wisconsin: Jeff Linderoth).

The companies who have agreed to participate are ABB, Air Products, BP
America, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, NOVA Chemicals, Praxair and Total. These
companies have supplied case studies that will be undertaken by the EWO
faculty and students.