Chemical process design and optimization via derivative-free algorithms (written in Python!)

A set of examples to optimize process simulators with Python and derivative-free algorithms such as GA or PSO.

Slides and interactive jupyter notebooks from your browser, powered by

This was a talk submitted to the great Python Conference in Spain (PyConES 2016)

References: Rigorous Design of Complex Distillation Columns Using Process Simulators and the Particle Swarm Optimization Algrithm(paper)