Topics: PROBLEM FORMULATION, OPTIMIZATION THEORY, OPTIMIZATION METHODS, APPLICATIONS OF OPTIMIZATION, HEAT TRANSFER, ENERGY CONSERVATION, SEPARATION PROCESSES, FLUID FLOW SYSTEMS, CHEMICAL REACTOR DESIGN, CHEMICAL REACTOR OPERATION, INTEGRATED PLANNING SCHEDULING, OPTIMIZATION OF UNCONSTRAINED FUNCTIONS, UNCONSTRAINED MULTIVARIABLE OPTIMIZATION, LINEAR PROGRAMMING, NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING, MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMING, GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION

Topics: Classical Optimization Techniques, Linear Programming, Simplex Method, One-Dimensional Minimization Methods, Nonlinear Programming, Geometric Programming, Dynamic Programming, Integer Programming, Stochastic Programming, Optimal Control, Optimality Criteria Methods, Convex Functions, Concave Functions

Topics: Line Search, Newton’s Methods, Conjugate Gradient Method, Quasi-Newton Methods, Trust-Region, Conic Model Methods, Theory of Constrained Optimization, Quadratic Programming, Penalty Function Methods, Methods for Constrained Problems, Non smooth Optimization