Homogenous multi-agent optimization for process systems engineering problems with a case study of computer aided molecular design

• Published in: Chemical engineering science Vol. 159; no. C; pp. 194 - 206
• Main Authors: Gebreslassie, Berhane H., Diwekar, Urmila M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Elsevier Ltd 23.02.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: Computer aided molecular design; Hammersley sequence sampling; Multi-agent optimization; Oracle penalty function; UNIFAC; Hammersley sequence sampling; Multi-agent optimization; UNIFAC; Oracle penalty function; Computer aided molecular design

In this paper, we propose a novel homogenous multi-agent optimization (HMAO) framework for optimal design of large scale process system engineering problems. The platform is validated using a benchmark problems and a computer-aided molecular design (CAMD) problem. The molecular design problem is a s...