Optimal process design and effective plantwide control of industrial processes by a simulation-based heuristic approach

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 5955-5970

  Murthy Konda, N V S N ^a   Rangaiah, G P ^a   Lim, Dennis K H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEURISTIC METHODS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HEURISTIC APPROACH; INTEGRATED DESIGN; NONLINEAR SIMULATION; PROCESS DESIGN;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748438580     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060534u     Document Type: Article

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