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This proceedings book contains the papers presented at the joint conference event of the 9th Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (PSE'2006) and the 16th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-16), held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from July 9 - July 13, 2006. The symposium follows the first joint event PSE'97 / ESCAPE-7 in Trondheim, Norway (1997). The last two venues of the ESCAPE symposia were Barcelona, Spain (2005) and Lisbon, Portugal (2004) and the most recent PSE symposia were held in Kunming, China (2003) and Keystone, Colorado, USA (2000). The

Chemical process control - Data processing. --- Chemical process control. --- Computer integrated manufacturing systems. --- Chemical Engineering --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences

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Computer-aided process engineering (CAPE) plays a key design and operations role in the process industries, from the molecular scale through managing complex manufacturing sites. The research interests cover a wide range of interdisciplinary problems related to the current needs of society and industry. ESCAPE 23 brings together researchers and practitioners of computer-aided process engineering interested in modeling, simulation and optimization, synthesis and design, automation and control, and education. The proceedings present and evaluate emerging as well as established research method

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Computer aided process engineering (CAPE) plays a key design and operations role in the process industries. This conference features presentations by CAPE specialists and addresses strategic planning, supply chain issues and the increasingly important area of sustainability audits. Experts collectively highlight the need for CAPE practitioners to embrace the three components of sustainable development: environmental, social and economic progress and the role of systematic and sophisticated CAPE tools in delivering these goals. Contributions from the international

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Despite the numerous competitive advantages of one-of-a-kind production (OKP), the low efficiency and high costs associated with OKP companies threaten to push their business opportunities into the hands of cheaper overseas suppliers. One-of-a-Kind Production introduces a novel strategy and technology to help OKP companies to efficiently mass-produce customized products. In One-of-a-Kind Production, case studies from OKP companies are used to validate the feasibility and effectiveness of the OKP strategy and technology. These case studies include: a structural steel construction company, a manufacturer of specifically ordered compressors and refrigeration systems, a customized high pressure vessel manufacturing company, and a custom window and door manufacturer. To help readers understand OKP strategy and technology, the authors offer a year’s free access to the OKP Management and Control Software System. This system is based on a new integrated production control and management concept, namely product production structure. It is a useful tool – and One-of-a-Kind Production is a valuable guide – for production engineers and managerial staff in manufacturing companies, as well as for university researchers and graduate students.

Human-computer interaction. --- Manufacturing processes. --- Process control -- Data processing. --- Production engineering. --- Production planning --- Manufacturing processes --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Industrial & Management Engineering --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Production planning. --- Industrial processing --- Manufacture --- Process engineering (Manufactures) --- Processes, Manufacturing --- Processing, Industrial --- Production processes --- Manufacturing planning --- Process planning --- Engineering. --- Production management. --- Manufacturing industries. --- Machines. --- Tools. --- Industrial engineering. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools. --- Operations Management. --- Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment. --- Industrial arts --- Production engineering --- Machine-tools --- Materials --- Planning --- Manufactures. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes. --- Manufacturing management --- Industrial management --- Manufactured goods --- Manufactured products --- Products --- Products, Manufactured --- Commercial products --- Manufacturing industries --- Machines, Tools, Processes.

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This book presents an intelligent, integrated, problem-independent method for multiresponse process optimization. In contrast to traditional approaches, the idea of this method is to provide a unique model for the optimization of various processes, without imposition of assumptions relating to the type of process, the type and number of process parameters and responses, or interdependences among them. The presented method for experimental design of processes with multiple correlated responses is composed of three modules: an expert system that selects the experimental plan based on the orthogonal arrays; the factor effects approach, which performs processing of experimental data based on Taguchi’s quality loss function and multivariate statistical methods; and process modeling and optimization based on artificial neural networks and metaheuristic optimization algorithms. The implementation is demonstrated using four case studies relating to high-tech industries and advanced, non-conventional processes.

Expert systems (Computer science). --- Manufacturing industries. --- Process control -- Data processing. --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Process control --- Expert systems (Computer science) --- Data processing. --- Knowledge-based systems (Computer science) --- Systems, Expert (Computer science) --- Engineering. --- Operations research. --- Decision making. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Computational intelligence. --- Robotics. --- Automation. --- Machines. --- Tools. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Robotics and Automation. --- Computational Intelligence. --- Operation Research/Decision Theory. --- Industries --- Manufactures --- Hand tools --- Handtools --- Hardware --- Implements, utensils, etc. --- Machinery --- Machines --- Power (Mechanics) --- Technology --- Mechanical engineering --- Motors --- Power transmission --- Automatic factories --- Automatic production --- Computer control --- Engineering cybernetics --- Factories --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanization --- Assembly-line methods --- Automatic control --- Automatic machinery --- CAD/CAM systems --- Robotics --- Automation --- Machine theory --- Intelligence, Computational --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Curious devices --- Decision making --- Computer systems --- Manufactures. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- Manufactured goods --- Manufactured products --- Products --- Products, Manufactured --- Commercial products --- Manufacturing industries