SEP 752 / Systems Modeling and Optimization

3 unit(s)

V. Mahalec (cross-listed as CHEM ENG 753)

Network models of production systems. Simulation software architecture and solution methods. Single period and multiperiod production planning models. Plant data analysis and model building (PCA, PLS). Models comprised of first principles and empirical submodels (hybrid models). Evolutionary optimization (differential evolution, genetic algorithms, particle swarm). Term project.