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  1. Exploring nontraditional LSTM architectures for modeling demethanizer column operations

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  2. On the closed-loop stochastic dynamics of two-state nonlinear exothermic CSTRs with PI temperature control

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  3. Effect of Boundary Conditions and Turbulence Treatment on the Simulated Performance of a Ribbed Heat Exchanger

    Article • Heat Transfer Engineering, October 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  4. Performance assessment of control strategies with application to NGL separation units

    Article • Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  5. Learning to navigate a crystallization model with Deep Reinforcement Learning

    Article • Chemical Engineering Research and Design, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  6. Characterization with Fokker–Planck theory of the nonlinear stochastic dynamics of a class of two-state continuous bioreactors

    Article • Journal of Process Control, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  7. Control and soft sensing strategies for a wastewater treatment plant using a neuro-genetic approach

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  8. 4. Reactive absorption of carbon dioxide: Modeling insights

    Article • December 2019, De Gruyter

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  9. A geometric observer design for a semi-batch free-radical polymerization system

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  10. Stochastic modeling of a non isothermal chemical reactor

    Article • Journal of Process Control, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  11. A model-based approach for controlling particle size distribution in combined cooling-antisolvent crystallization processes

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  12. Open and closed-loop stochastic dynamics of a class of nonlinear chemical processes with multiplicative noise

    Article • Journal of Process Control, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  13. Process analysis for the carbon dioxide chemical absorption–regeneration system

    Article • Applied Energy, April 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  14. Multivariable Real-Time Control of Viscosity Curve for a Continuous Production Process of a Non-Newtonian Fluid

    Article • Processes, January 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  15. A Gain-Scheduling PI Control Based on Neural Networks

    Article • Complexity, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Roberto Baratti, Stefania Tronci

  16. Model calibration for the carbon dioxide-amine absorption system

    Article • Applied Energy, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  17. A generalized stochastic modelling approach for crystal size distribution in antisolvent crystallization operations

    Article • AIChE Journal, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  18. Control of an exothermic packed-bed tubular reactor

    Article • IFAC-PapersOnLine, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  19. Dynamics of nonlinear chemical process with multiplicative stochastic noise

    Article • IFAC-PapersOnLine, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  20. Predictive control of an activated sludge process: An application to the Viikinmäki wastewater treatment plant

    Article • Journal of Process Control, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  21. Supervised Distance Preserving Projections: Applications in the quantitative analysis of diesel fuels and light cycle oils from NIR spectra

    Article • Journal of Process Control, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  22. On-line control of crystal properties in nonisothermal antisolvent crystallization

    Article • AIChE Journal, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  23. Feedforward ouput-feedback control for a class of exothermic tubular reactors

    Article • IFAC-PapersOnLine, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  24. Energy Saving through Control in an Industrial Multicomponent Distillation Column

    Article • IFAC-PapersOnLine, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  25. CSD control

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, April 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  26. Image-Based Multiresolution-ANN Approach for Online Particle Size Characterization

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, April 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  27. A qualitative comparison between population balances and stochastic models for non-isothermal antisolvent crystallization processes

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  28. On the Modeling of C7+ Fractions with Real Components in Plant Simulations

    Article • January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  29. Modelling of an Amine Based CO2 Absorption Plant: an Alternative Approach through the Identification of the Number of Stages

    Article • January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti, Professor Massimiliano Errico

  30. Feedforward-feedback control of an industrial multicomponent distillation column

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  31. Spectroscopic monitoring of diesel fuels using Supervised Distance Preserving Projections

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  32. A distillate composition estimator for an industrial multicomponent IC4-NC4 splitter with experimental temperature measurements

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  33. Monitoring Diesel Fuels with Supervised Distance Preserving Projections and Local Linear Regression

    Article • September 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  34. On the Influence of Hydrogen Bond Interactions in Isothermal and Nonisothermal Antisolvent Crystallization Processes

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, July 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  35. Stochastic approach for the prediction of PSD in nonisothermal antisolvent crystallization processes

    Article • AIChE Journal, March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  36. An application of predictive control to the Viikinmäki wastewater treatment plant

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  37. Estimation structure design for staged systems

    Article • Journal of Process Control, December 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  38. Data-Derived Analysis and Inference for an Industrial Deethanizer

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, October 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  39. Time evolution of the PSD in crystallization operations: An analytical solution based on Ornstein‐Uhlenbeck process

    Article • AIChE Journal, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  40. A stochastic approach for the prediction of PSD in crystallization processes: Analytical solution for the asymptotic behavior and parameter estimation

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  41. On the global nonlinear stochastic dynamical behavior of a class of exothermic CSTRs

    Article • Journal of Process Control, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  42. Stochastic Approach for the Prediction of PSD in Crystallization Processes: Formulation and Comparative Assessment of Different Stochastic Models

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, January 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  43. Local linear regression for soft-sensor design with application to an industrial deethanizer

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  44. Dynamic evolution of PSD modelled using an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process approach

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  45. On the topological modeling and analysis of industrial process data using the SOM

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  46. On the prediction of psd in antisolvent mediated crystallization processes based on fokker-planck equations

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, September 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  47. Stochastic approach for the calculation of anti-solvent addition policies in crystallization operations: An application to a bench-scale semi-batch crystallizer

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, March 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  48. Accurate and efficient solution of distributed dynamical system models

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  49. On the Prediction and Shaping of the PSD in Crystallization Operations

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  50. Two-point Lyapunov Control of Binary Distillation Columns with four temperature measurements

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  51. A continuous regression function for the Delaunay calibration method

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  52. Measurement structure design for multicomponent distillation column with specific estimation objective

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  53. Optimized Control Structure for a Wastewater Treatment Benchmark

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  54. Global-nonlinear stochastic estimation of exothermic reactors with temperature measurement

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  55. A stochastic formulation for the description of the crystal size distribution in antisolvent crystallization processes

    Article • AIChE Journal, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  56. A SOM-based approach to estimating product properties from spectroscopic measurements

    Article • Neurocomputing, December 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  57. On the Topological Analysis of Industrial Process Data Using the SOM

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  58. Delaunay Tessellation and Topological Regression: An Application to Estimating Product Properties from Spectroscopic Measurements

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  59. A Novel Approach for the Prediction of PSD in Antisolvent Mediated Crystallization

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  60. Composition estimation of a six-component distillation column with temperature measurements

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  61. Data derived analysis and inference for an industrial deethanizer

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  62. A Stochastic Approach for Anti-Solvent Addition Policy in Crystallization Operations: An Application to a Bench-Scale Fed-Batch Crystallizer

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  63. Wavelength selection using the measure of topological relevance on the self‐organizing map

    Article • Journal of Chemometrics, September 2008, Wiley

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  64. CONTROLLED VARIABLES SELECTION FOR A BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  65. Adjustable-structure design for ternary distillation columns

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  66. DEVELOPMENT OF A 4-MEASURABLE STATES ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS MODEL DEDUCED FROM THE ASM1

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  67. MEASURES OF TOPOLOGICAL RELEVANCE FOR SOFT SENSING PRODUCT PROPERTIES

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  68. Thermodynamic diagram based estimation structure design for ternary distillation column

    Article • January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  69. GEOMETRIC ESTIMATION OF TERNARY DISTILLATION COLUMNS

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  70. Geometric Observer for a Distillation Column:  Development and Experimental Testing

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, November 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Roberto Baratti, Fabrizio Bezzo

  71. A model for the hydrogenation of aromatic compounds during gasoil hydroprocessing

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, November 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  72. Robust Dynamic State Estimation of a Binary Distillation Column

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, July 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  73. On-Line Monitoring of a Copolymer Reactor: A Cascade Estimation Design

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  74. A Software Sensor for a Wastewater Treatment Plant

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  75. Catalytic Plate Reactor

    Article • International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, December 2003, De Gruyter

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  76. Reconstruction of chaotic time series by neural models: a case study

    Article • Neurocomputing, October 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  77. River flow forecast for reservoir management through neural networks

    Article • Neurocomputing, October 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  78. Monitoring pollutant emissions in a power plant through neural network

    Article • Neurocomputing, March 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  79. Modelling Chaos with Neural Networks

    Article • January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  80. STATE ESTIMATION IN A CATALYTIC REACTOR VIA A CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  81. Automated Recurrent Neural Network Design to Model the Dynamics of Complex Systems

    Article • Neural Computing and Applications, October 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  82. A NONLINEAR OBSERVER BASED ON HYBRID MODELLING OF CHEMICAL REACTORS

    Article • Chemical Engineering Communications, May 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  83. An extended Kalman filtering approach with a criterion to set its tuning parameters; application to a catalytic reactor

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, January 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  84. Monitoring of a CO oxidation reactor through a grey model-based EKF observer

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, January 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  85. CATALYTIC CONVERTER DESIGN FOR MINIMISATION OF COLD-START EMISSIONS

    Article • Chemical Engineering Communications, June 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  86. A composition estimator for multicomponent distillation columns — development and experimental test on ternary mixtures

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, October 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  87. A feedforward control strategy for distillation columns

    Article • Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, October 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  88. Optimal Catalyst Activity Profiles in Pellets. 11. The Case of Multiple-Step Distributions

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, August 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  89. Development of a composition estimator for binary distillation columns. Application to a pilot plant

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, May 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  90. COMPOSITION ESTIMATORS FOR A DISTILLATION COLUMN: THEORY AND EXPERIMENTS

    Article • January 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  91. Optimization of a nonisothermal nonadiabatic fixed-bed reactor using dirac-type silver catalysts for ethylene epoxidation

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, June 1994, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  92. Design and experimental verification of a nonlinear catalytic reactor estimator

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, July 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  93. FIXED POINT METHOD IN STEADY STATE ANALYSIS. APPLICATION TO CATALYST PELLETS

    Article • Chemical Engineering Communications, April 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  94. Optimal catalyst activity profiles in Pellets—X. The role of catalyst loading

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, January 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  95. Optimal activity distribution in nonuniformly impregnated catalyst particles: numerical analysis

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, January 1990, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti

  96. Lumped kinetic model for propene—butene mixtures oligomerization on a supported phosphoric acid catalyst

    Article • Applied Catalysis, July 1988, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto Baratti