Global Optimization in Engineering Design (Hardcover, 1996)

Preface. 1. Branch and Bound for Global NLP: New Bounding LP; T.G.W. Epperly, R.E Swaney. 2. Branch and Bound for Global NLP: Iterative LP Algorithm & Results; T.G.W. Epperly, R.E. Swaney. 3. New Formulations and Branching Strategies for the GOP Algorithm; V. Visweswaran, C.A. Floudas. 4. Computational Results for an Efficient Implementation of the GOP Algorithm and Its Variants; V. Visweswaran, C.A. Floudas. 5. Solving Nonconvex Process Optimisation Problems Using Interval Subdivision Algorithms; R.P. Byrne, I.D.L. Bogle. 6. Global Optimization of Nonconvex MINLPs by Interval Analysis; R. Vaidyanathan, M. El-Halwagi. 7. Planning of Chemical Process Networks via Global Concave Minimization; M. Lui, et al. 8. Global Optimization for Stochastic Planning, Scheduling and Design Problems; M.G. Ierapetritou, E.N. Pistikopoulos. 9. Global Optimization of Heat Exchanger Networks with Fixed Configuration for Multiperiod Design; R.R. Iyer, I.E. Grossmann. 10. Alternative Bounding Approximations for the Global Optimization of Various Engineering Design Problems; I. Quesada, I.E. Grossmann. 11. A Pipe Reliability and Cost Model for an Integrated Approach Toward Designing Water Distribution Systems; H.D. Sherali, et al. 12. Global Optimisation of General Process Models; E.M.B. Smith, C.C. Pantelides.