A comparison of variational and genetic algorithm performances in the optimization of a polymerization process

Chemical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1516-1525

  Banu, Ionut ^a,b   Bozga, Grigore ^a   Nagy, Iosif ^a   Puaux, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Methyl methacrylate polymerization; Optimization; Pontryagin minimum principle

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ALGORITHM PERFORMANCE; METHYL METHACRYLATES; NUMBER AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; POLYDISPERSITY INDICES; POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; PONTRYAGIN MINIMUM PRINCIPLE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS;

EID: 57749182888     PISSN: 09307516     EISSN: 15214125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ceat.200800152     Document Type: Article

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