“Heterogeneous Parallel-Distributed Processing Applied to Process Engineering”

VAZQUEZ G.E.; BRIGNOLE N.B.

Journal of Computer Science and Technology

ISTEC

Año: 2002 p. 49 - 50

1666-6046

The main goal of this thesis was to design new parallel processing strategies specially conceived fordistributed environments in order to solve numerical and structural problems from the field of process systems engineering more efficiently. More specifically, the numerical sample problem addressed in this work was the optimization of nonlinear objective functions subjected to sets of nonlinear constraints, while the structural sample problem was the development of parallel-distributed structural techniques for process instrumentation design. These two kinds of problems are completely different as regards algorithmic nature as well as information types and handling. At the same time, the scope is ample because the basic theory that support these developments is of widespread use. Therefore, the design methodologies and performance analyses presented in this thesis are also illustrative of how to deal with other problems with similar features that may arise in various fields well beyond process systems engineering.