Outstanding text for graduate students and researchers proposes improvements to existing algorithms, extends their related mathematical theories, and offers details on new algorithms for approximating local and global minima. Includes many numerical examples, plus complete analysis of rate of conver[...]
This third edition presents a theoretical and practical introduction to this increasingly important approach to process control. Assuming no prior knowledge, the text covers the applied fundamentals of process control, from instrumentation to process dynamics, PID loops, and tuning to distillation, [...]