Simulation and optimization of wiped-film Poly-Ethylene Terephthalate (PET) reactor using multiobjective differential evolution (MODE)

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 541-552

  Babu, B V ^a   Mubeen, J H Syed ^a   Chakole, Pallavi G ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Differential evolution; Modeling; Multiobjective Differential Evolution (MODE); Optimization; Pareto optimal front; Polymerization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERIZATION; VINYL RESINS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION (MODE); NONDOMINATED SORTING GENETIC ALGORITHM (NSGA); OPTIMAL SETS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 34249850455     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426910701319266     Document Type: Article

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