Download or read book Nonlinear and Mixed-Integer Optimization written by Christodoulos A. Floudas and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1995-10-05 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Introduction. PART 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF CONVEX ANALYSIS AND NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION. 2. Convex Analysis. 3. Fundamentals of Nonlinear Optimization. 4. Duality Theory. PART 2. FUNDAMENTALS OF MIXED-INTEGER OPTIMIZATION. 5. Mixed-Integer Linear Optimization. 6. Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization. PART 3. APPLICATIONS IN PROCESS SYNTHESIS. 7. Process Synthesis. 8. Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis. 9. Distillation-based Separation Systems Synthesis. 10. Synthesis of Reactor Networks and Reactor-Separator-Recycle Systems. Bibliography. Index.