This preliminary program is subject to change.

Complex and Networked Systems


Description:
The session introduces new concepts, notions and techniques to address the central issue of complexity in process engineering, as well as to characterize the behavior of large-scale networked systems/processes of chemical engineering interest.

Sponsor:
Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis


Chair:
Nael H. El-Farra
Associate Professor
University of California, Davis
Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-5294
Phone Number: 530-754-6919
Fax Number: 530-752-1031
Email: nhelfarra@ucdavis.edu


Papers:
Control and Optimization of Process Networks Using Structural Invariants
Michael R. Wartmann, Carnegie Mellon University; B. Erik Ydstie, Carnegie Mellon University
Robust Quasi-Decentralized Networked Control of Process Systems
Yulei Sun, University of California, Davis; Nael H. El-Farra, University of California, Davis
Architectures for Distributed Model Predictive Control of Nonlinear Process Systems
Jinfeng Liu, University of California, Los Angeles; Xianzhong Chen, Univ. of California, Los Angeles; David Muņoz de la Peņa, University of California, Los Angeles; Panagiotis D. Christofides, University of California, Los Angeles
An Ontology Based Cross-Hierarchical Multi Agent Collaboration for Monitoring Offshore Oil and Gas Production Processes
Sathish S. Natarajan, National University of Singapore; Rajagopalan Srinivasan, National University of Singapore
Cascading Failure in Metabolic Networks: Searching for Links Between Form and Function
Ashley G. Smart, California Institute of Technology; Luis A.N. Amaral, Northwestern University; Julio M. Ottino, Northwestern University
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