Several factors imply an increase in the use of nonlinear optimization models. We face serious problems of declining productivity and increasingly scarce, expensive raw materials. Computers are ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Determining the composition of a chemical system at equilibrium is an important problem that arises in many fields of science and engineering.

One of the shared, fundamental goals of most chemistry researchers is the need to predict a molecule's properties, such as its boiling or melting point. Once researchers can pinpoint that prediction, ...