Intelligent Systems in Process Engineering, Part I - Paradigms from Product and Process Design

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Intelligent Systems in Process Engineering Part I: Paradigms from Product and Process Design

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Contents Volume 21

Contributors to Volume 21

Prologue

Chapter 1. Modeling Languages: Declarative and Imperative Descriptions of Chemical Reactions and Processing Systems

I. Introduction

II. LCR: A Language for Chemical Reactivity

III. Formal Construction of Representations for Chemicals and Reactions

IV. MODEL. LA: A Modeling Language for Process Engineering

V. Phenomena-Based Modeling of Processing Systems

References

Chapter 2. Automation in Design: The Conceptual Synthesis of Chemical Processing Schemes

I. Introduction

II. Hierarchical Approach to the Synthesis of Chemical Processing Schemes: A Computational Model of the Engineering Methodology

III. HDL: The Hierarchical Design Language

IV. Concept Designer: The Software Implementation

V. Summary

References

Chapter 3. Symbolic and Quantitative Reasoning: Design of Reaction Pathways through Recursive Satisfaction of Constraints

I. Reaction Systems and Pathways

II. Catalytic Reaction Systems

Ill. Biochemical Pathways

IV. Properties and Extensions of the Synthesis Algorithm

V. Summary

References

Chapter 4. Inductive and Deductive Reasoning: The Case of Identifying Potential Hazards in Chemical Processes

I. Introduction

II. Reaction-Based Hazards Identification

III. Inductive Identification of Reaction-Based Hazards

IV. Deductive Determination of the Causes of Hazards

V. Conclusion

References

Chapter 5. Searching Spaces of Discrete Solutions: The Design of Molecules Possessing Desired Physical Properties

I. Introduction

II. Automatic Synthesis of New Molecules

III. Interactive Synthesis of New Molecules

IV. The Molecule-Designer Software System

V. Concluding Remarks

References

COMBINED INDEX APPEARS AT THE END OF VOLUME 22

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