Computer Aided Formulation A Manual for Implementation [Hardcover]

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.Author’s Note on Text

Contributors

Chapter 1

The Formulation Problem

Introduction

Basic Principles of Formulating

Many Ingredients

Measuring Product Quality

Conflicting Goals

Additional Challenges

Identifying Experimental Variables

Implicit Formula and Process Constraints

Alternate Forms of Independent Variables

Controlling the Effects of Background Noise

Approaches to Formulation

The Artsy Approach

The Modeling-Graphical Approach

The Math-Programming Approach

Interactive Goal Programming

Prioritizing Goals

Math-Programming Format

Computer Aided Formulation

Expert Systems

Other Expertise Needed

Implementation

Summary

Definitions

Bibliography

Chapter 2

The Experimental Process

Introduction