Journal Articles

Sao Paulo Ruela, V., Van Beurden, P., Luchini, B., Hofmann, R., & Birkelbach, F. (2024). Optimizing the Steel Ladle Thermal Management: Toward a Sustainable and Cost‐Effective Ladle Fleet Logistics. Steel Research International, Article 2400616. https://doi.org/10.34726/7340 ( reposiTUm)
Ruela, V., Van Beurden, P., Sinnema, S., Hofmann, R., & Birkelbach, F. (2023). A global solution approach to the energy-efficient ladle dispatching problem with refractory temperature control. IEEE Access, 11, 137718–137733. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3339392 ( reposiTUm)

Conference Proceedings Contributions

Azizi, F., Gennesson, M., Wagner, D., Birkelbach, F., & Hofmann, R. (2024). Enhancing Steel Ladle Thermal Management: Implementing Model Order Reduction Approach  for Temperature Monitoring. In ICR International Colloquium on Refractories: Proceedings (pp. 175–178). European Centre for  Refractories gGmbH. ( reposiTUm)

Presentations

Sao Paulo Ruela, V., Van Beurden, P., Hofmann, R., & Birkelbach, F. (2024, July). A heuristic for fitting piecewise-linear models of bivariate functions with simplices and its application to an industrial use case [Conference Presentation]. EURO24, Copenhagen, Denmark. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.12760505 ( reposiTUm)
Sao Paulo Ruela, V., Van Beurden, P., Sinnema, S., Hofmann, R., & Birkelbach, F. (2023, September 27). Advanced Analytics Applied to Improve the Energy Efficiency of Steel Ladle Logistics [Poster Presentation]. UNITECR23, Frankfurt, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.8375248 ( reposiTUm)