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With this volume the authors Buzzi-Ferraris and Manenti explain the theoretical aspects of linear programming in chemical engineering in an informal way, giving way to an applied approach to this scientific discipline. As a result, readers can tackle specific problems in linear programming and develop the skills to implement an appropriate program and ad hoc algorithm to solve it. The book begins with an introduction to current methods in linear programming, focusing on the solution of concrete problems and including many examples, applications, code samples, programming, and overall programs. The strengths of the book are the numerous case studies and examples dealing with, amongst others, problems in transportation, blending, and petroleum-refining operations, as well as such large-scale operations as enterprise-wide optimization, production scheduling, the planning of decentralized productions, and the allocation of carbon dioxide emissions. All the examples are based on the established BzzMath library, which is freely available and was developed by Buzzi-Ferraris himself, with sample codes and the software itself provided online. As with previous volumes in this series, special icons highlight important features and concepts and facilitate orientation.

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"Guido Buzzi-Ferraris is full professor of process systems engineering at Politecnico die Milano, Italy, where he holds two courses: ""Methods and Numerical Applications in Chemical Engineering"" and ""Regression Models and Statistics"". He works on numerical analysis, statistics, differential systems, and optimization. He has authored books of international relevance on numerical analysis, such as ""Scientific C++"" edited by Addison-Wesley, and over 200 papers in international magazines. He is the inventor and the developer of BzzMath library, which is currently adopted by academies, R&D groups and industries. He is permanent member of the ""EFCE Working Party - Computer Aided Process Engineering"" since 1969 and the editorial advisory board of ""Computers & Chemical Engineering"" since 1987. Flavio Manenti is assistant professor of process systems engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He obtained his academic degree and PhD at Politecnico di Milano, where he currently collaborates with Professor Buzzi-Ferraris. He holds courses on ""Process Dynamics and Control of Industrial Processes"" and ""Supply Chain Optimization"" and he works on numerical analysis, process control and optimization. He received international scientific awards, such as Memorial Burianec (Prague, CZ) and Excellence in Simulation (Lake Forest, CA, USA), for his research activities and scientific publications."

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