Nonlinear Programming

Lorenz T. Biegler is the Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has authored or coauthored over 200 journal articles and two books. His research interests lie in the field of computer-aided process engineering, including flowsheet optimization, optimization of systems of differential and algebraic equations, reactor network synthesis and algorithms for constrained, nonlinear process control.

• PrefaceChapter 1: Introduction to Process OptimizationChapter 2: Concepts of Unconstrained OptimizationChapter 3: Newton-Type Methods for Unconstrained OptimizationChapter 4: Concepts of Constrained OptimizationChapter 5: Newton Methods for Equality Constrained OptimizationChapter 6: Numerical Algorithms for Constrained OptimizationChapter 7: Steady State Process OptimizationChapter 8: Introduction to Dynamic Process OptimizationChapter 9: Dynamic Optimization Methods with Embedded DAE SolversChapter 10: Simultaneous Methods for Dynamic OptimizationChapter 11: Process Optimization with Complementarity ConstraintsBibliographyIndex