ECH 021: OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2 1 0 Unit I Analytical Method Necessary and sufficient conditions for optimum

in single and multi variable unconstrained and constrained problems. [7] Unit II Unconstrained One Dimensional Search Newton, Quasi-Newton and Secant method for unidimensional search, Region elimina tion methods (Golden Section, Fibonacci, Dichotomous. etc.) [7] Unit III Linear Programming, Graphical simplex method, revised simplex method, duality an d transportation problems. Unconstrained Multi Variable Search, Direct methods, In direct method. [8] Unit IV Finite difference approximation, Dynamic Programming, Principle of optimality, D iscrete and continuous dynamic programming. [8] Books Recommended 1. T.F. Edgar and D.M. Himmelblau Optimization of Chemical Processes McGraw Hill (1989) 2. K. Urbanier and C. McDermott - Optimal Design of Process Equipment John Wiley (1986)