Intelligent Systems in Process Engineering, Volume 21-22: Paradigms from Design and Operations (Advances in Chemical Engineering) (v. 21 & v. 22) [Paperback]

George Stephanopoulos (Series Editor), Chonghun Han (Series Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0126662401 | ISBN-13: 978-0126662405 | Publication Date: December 11, 1995

This book contains ten prototypical paradigms which integrate ideas and methodologies from artificial intelligence with those from operations research, estimation and control theory, and statistics. Each paradigm hasbeen constructed around an engineering problem, e.g., product design, process design, process operations monitoring, planning, scheduling, or control. Each paradigm also advances a specific methodological theme in AI, such as:
Modeling languages
Automation in design
Symbolic and quantitative reasoning
Inductive and deductive reasoning
Searching spaces of discrete solutions
Nonmonotonic reasoning
Analogical learning
Empirical learning through neural networks
Reasoning in time
Logic in numerical computing
Together the ten paradigms of the two volumes indicate how computers can expand the scope, type, and amount of knowledge available to be used in solving a broad range of engineering problems.

Sets the foundations for the development of computer-aided tools for solving a number of distinct engineering problems
Exposes the reader to a variety of AI techniques in automatic modeling, searching, reasoning, and learning
Represents the product of a decade of experience in integrating AI into process engineering
Offers expanded and realistic formulations of real-world problems

Editorial Reviews

Review

By scanning the progression of topics from the earliest volumes to the present one, it is possible to gain a perspective on the growth and evolution of chemical engineering from artful practice to rigorous science. During these past two decades the field has become one of the premier applied sciences by virtue of its vigor and scope. The contents of this latest volume provide strong evidence for this evolution...The scope of this volume is impressive...It is a scope that is reflective of the current state of chemical engineering science.
--JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CHEMISTRY SOCIETY
A great deal of care has gone into the preparation of the contributions, and these prove to be both readable and informative....I strongly commend this book to all involved in teaching or research in chemical engineering.
--CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE

About the Author

Gregory Stephanopoulos is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. He received his B.S. from the National Technical University of Athens, his M.S. from the University of Florida and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, all in Chemical Engineering. Upon graduation, he joined the Chemical Engineering Faculty of the California Institute of Technology, where he served as Assistant and Associate Professor until 1985. In 1985 he was appointed Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT where he has been ever since.Stephanopoulos' work has appeared in more than 150 publications and 7 patents. He has been recognized with the Dreyfus Foundation Teacher Scholar Award (1982), Excellence in Teaching Award (1984), and Technical Achievement Award of the AIChE (1984). He has been a Presidential Young Investigator and the Chairman of the Food Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (1992). In 1992 he was a Visiting Professor at the International Research Center for Biotechnology at Osaka University and was elected a Founding Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In 1996 he chaired the first Conference on Metabolic Engineering and gave the inaugural Bayer Lecture on Biochemical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. He was honored with the FPBE Division Award at AIChE in 1997.

Product Details

• Paperback: 625 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press (December 11, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0126662401
• ISBN-13: 978-0126662405
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,417,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)