Synopsis
Formulation chemists and engineers, along with their research managers, have long known the difficult nature of formulation problems. This book is a manual to help them to identify key issues, design efficient experiments, and develop math models to resolve conflicting objectives. Specific solved examples, co–authored by chemists, show how well these methods work on industrial–strength problems and document the power and efficiency of computer aided formulation.
This book is the first one to combine techniques of operations researching decision science, and statistics to solve formulation problems. Readers will appreciate its chapters on experimental design, which are easy to read and enjoyable.
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Synopsis
This book addresses a major problem confronting all of the chemical manufacturing industry - how to efficiently balance the multiple goals associated with developing high quality products that are made by mixing. The book aims to combine operations research modelling and chemistry using OR techniques to solve problems in chemistry by applying computer models and mathematical programming. It intends to combine the principles of formulating with experimental design and mathematical prgramming to add the dimension of interactive goal programming. Case studies are included to document the efficiency and usefulness of this method and the book is a model for combining these methodologies into an artificial intellgence based expert system.
From the Back Cover
A Manual for Implementation Computer Aided Formulation Alan H. Bohl, Editor Computer Aided Formulation is a step–by–step manual for using up–to–date methods of experimental design, operations research and decision science to identify key issues, design efficient experiments and develop math models to resolve conflicting objectives. Using currently–available PC software, formulation professionals can determine if new product requests are technically feasible and if so, find the most cost–effective way of satisfying them. Statisticians and Operations Research professionals who work with formulation chemists and engineers will benefit from this book.
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