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Let us finish by recalling that the final aim of this line of research is to build up an optimized program for solving iteratively the 2-CSE. In spite of the important questions which still remain to be solved before this aim is fulfilled, we expect this methodology to be of standard use in a not too distant future. 

Overall, it seems that PHREEQC, except for the problems with high ionic strengths that require the application of PITZER equations, is the optimal program for the solution of both simple and more complex exercises and for onedimensional transport modehng with regard to user-friendliness, numerical stability, compactness and clarity of the data format as well as flexibility. It will be used for the solution of the exercises in chapter 3. The utilization of PHREEQC is presented in detail in chapter 2.2. 

Global SOO and MOO optimization methods, particularly recent ones, have been implemented and are readily available in Excel, MATLAB, C-i-i-, FORTRAN, and so on (Table 4.1). But, they may not be available in process simulators. So, interfacing between a process simulator (for example. Aspen HYSYS, Aspen Plus or ACM) and a global optimization program (for example, I-MODE in Excel) is necessary for improving the design of chemical processes. In particular, students and practitioners are familiar with Excel, and can easily use worksheets in Excel for computations, data analysis, plotting, and so on. 

Parkinson reported the use of a system called D-POP (Distillation Performance Optimization Program) for optimizing the quality performance from distillation columns via the Internet. 

We may conclude that the matter of optimal algorithms for integrating Newton s equations of motion is now nearly settled however, their optimal and prudent use [28] has not been fully exploited yet by most programs and may still give us an improvement by a factor 3 to 5. 

Crystal (we tested Crystal 98 1.0) is a program for ah initio molecular and band-structure calculations. Band-structure calculations can be done for systems that are periodic in one, two, or three dimensions. A separate script, called LoptCG, is available to perform optimizations of geometry or basis sets. 

Computer simulation programs for process design optimization have been developed for the PUREX process utilizing these relationships (22). A subroutine has also been developed which describes the behavior of fission products (23). 

Loops that could not be vectorized on conventional vector computers often performed very well under the Multiflow architecture and, unlike vector machines, for which a person could spend a great deal of time optimizing programs, substantially less could be done on the Multiflow, as most of the work fell to the compiler anyway. All the usual optimizations for memory utilization and cache usage also appHed to the Microflow. There were, of course, programs for which the compiler could not make good use of the multiple functional units, and the computer would mn at the speed of just one or two iadividually quite slow functional units. 

The structure refinement program for disordered carbons, which was recently developed by Shi et al [14,15] is ideally suited to studies of the powder diffraction patterns of graphitic carbons. By performing a least squares fit between the measured diffraction pattern and a theoretical calculation, parameters of the model structure are optimized. For graphitic carbon, the structure is well described by the two-layer model which was carefully described in section 2.1.3. 

The revised path diagram is integrated with material allocation equations to form the constraints for the mathematical formulation. Tlie following model presents the optimization program as a LINGO file. The commented-out lines (preceded by ) are explanatory statements that are not part of the formulation. 

In order to generate a candidate EAR, one should consider potential raw materials and by-products, satisfaction of stoichiometric conditions, assurance of thermodynamic feasibility, and fulfillment of environmental requirements. These issues can be addressed by employing an optimization formulation to identify an overall reaction that yields the desired product at maximum economic potential while satisfying stoichiometric, thermodynamic, and environmental constraints. For a more detailed description of this optimization program, the reader is referred to Crabtree and El-Halwagi (1994). 

Values for kj and kjj are assumed and the above equations are integrated subject to the initial conditions that a = 2, b = 0 at t = 0. The integration gives the model predictions amodel(j) and bmodel(j). The random search technique is used to determine optimal values for the rate constants based on minimization of and S. The following program fragment shows the method used to adjust kj and kjj during the random search. The specific version shown is used to adjust kj based on the minimization of S, and those instructions concerned with the minimization of S appear as comments. 

A general purpose program has been developed for the analysis of NMR spectra of polymers. A database contains the peak assignments, stereosequence names for homopolymers or monomer sequence names for copolymers, and intensities are analyzed automatically in terms of Bernoullian or Markov statistical propagation models. A calculated spectrum is compared with the experimental spectrum until optimized probabilities, for addition of the next polymer unit, that are associated with the statistical model are produced. 

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