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Analysis and optimization of the Williams‐Otto process by geometric programming
Author(s) -
Rijckaert M. J.,
Martens X. M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690200416
Subject(s) - geometric programming , mathematical optimization , dual (grammatical number) , process (computing) , mathematics , computer science , calculus (dental) , algorithm , programming language , philosophy , medicine , orthodontics , linguistics
This paper applies the principles of geometric programming to the optimization of the well‐known Williams‐Otto process. Following the trend of the articles published on this subject, two different objective functions are considered and the results are compared to those of other investigators. The dual geometric program is used to provide an answer to the question of why the optimal value of the objective function remains unchanged for perturbations in a certain variable.