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Applications of nonlinear programming to detergent formulations
Author(s) -
Steinle Edmund C.,
Hendrix Charles D.,
Fields Robert R.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02883752
Subject(s) - nonlinear programming , computer science , nonlinear system , constant (computer programming) , mathematical optimization , programming language , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics
Designed experiments have been used to secure orthogonal data in a typical light duty liquid detergent system. Regression analyses of the data have provided prediction equations relating composition to performance and physical properties for formulations in this system. The use of these equations in a nonlinear programming computer optimization program is described, illustrated by examples taken from a limited subsystem wherein two of the six components are held constant. Costs, types and uses of such optimization procedures are considered.