The RAINS Optimization Module for the Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) Programme

In 2005 the European Commission developed the Thematic Strategy on Air Quality (COM (2005) 446). IIASA's TAP programme has been instrumental in preparing various emission scenarios for the development of the strategy, and the optimization module of RAINS has been used extensively in the exercise. In this report we document the mathematical formulation and methodological aspects of the optimization module of RAINS