Tackle challenging optimization problems with MATLAB software

Optimization techniques are used to measure the minimum or maximum value of a given function depending on circumstances and key factors. Engineering processes pertaining to design or manufacture involve optimization techniques at every stage, designed to minimize resource expenditure and maximize outcomes. Optimization problems are difficult and computationally intensive, but the increasingly widely-used MATLAB platform offers numerous tools by which engineers can tackle these essential elements of process and industrial design.

Chemical Engineering Analysis and Optimization Using MATLAB offers an introduction to the cutting-edge, highly in-demand skills of computer-aided design and optimization. With a focus on chemical engineering analysis, the book uses the MATLAB platform to develop reader skills in programming, modeling, and more. It provides an overview of some of the most essential tools in modern engineering design.

Chemical Engineering Analysis and Optimization Using MATLAB readers will also find:

• Case studies for developing specific skills in MATLAB and beyond
• Examples of code both within the text and on companion website
• End of chapter problems with accompanying solutions manual for instructors

This textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in chemical engineering and related disciplines, as well as professionals with backgrounds in engineering design.

About the Author

Weiguo Xie, PhD, is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, USA. He has previously held faculty appointments in the UK and Australian universities, and has authored over 100 scientific publications, with particular expertise in mathematical modeling, simulation, optimization, and related subjects.

Sam Toan, PhD, is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, USA. He has nearly a decade of experience teaching engineering courses focused on MATLAB, and has authored over 60 scientific publications.

Richard Davis, PhD, is Jean G. Blehart Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, USA. He has more than three decades of experience teaching computational methods, with a particular focus on process modeling and simulation, energy conversion, chemical process safety, and environmental management.

Book Information
ISBN 9781394205363
Author Weiguo Xie
Format Hardback
Page Count 368
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc