Urban Runoff Quality Management by Real-Time Control

Abstract

Consider an automobile factory representing an investment of $100 million. Designed to produce a peak of 1000 cars per day, it produces at most times only about 50 cars per day. Sometimes bottlenecks and accidents occur due to the non-synchronized assembly lines, and 20% of the production is lost to the scrap heap. Sometimes parts of the production line are inundated with supplies at the same time that other parts cannot produce due to shortages. However, no one knows exactly what is happening in the plant since it runs without supervision.