vt_ai@abo.fi (07/04/90)
We would like to have some idea of what kind of research is going on in the area of neural network applications in chemical engineering. So far we have been able to find only five articles/papers. It is quite unlikely that so little has been done in this area. We will therefore very much appreciate if you let us know about on-going research in this field. AI research group vid V{rmeteknik, Kemisk tekniska fakulteten Abo Akademi SF 20500 Turku, Finland
joshi@wuche2.wustl.edu (Amol Joshi) (07/11/90)
There have been a number of papers published in last couple of years on applications of (mostly back propagation) neural networks in Chemical Engineering. A significant amount of literature deals with applications in Process Control. Recently, researchers have tried to model dynamic systems (with limited success) and explored Hopfield nets for batch scheduling problems. Recent AI Expert issue (June '90) cites a successful application at a Philips Petroleum plant in Texas. I have included a list of references to a few recent publications below. The list is by no means exhaustive and those interested will find references to earlier literature in the bibliographies of these publications. Reference # 4 does not cite the exact title. The AIChE does not publish any proceedings of the meetings, but you can contact AIChE or the authors to get a copy. References: 1. Bhat N., Minderman, P. A., Jr., McAvoy T. & Wang N. S., `Modeling Chemical Process Systems via Neural Computation', IEEE Control Systems Magazine, April 1990, pp. 24 - 29. 2. Birky G. & T. McAvoy, `A Neural Net to Learn the Design of Distillation Controls',IFAC DYCORD Symp., Maastricht, The Netherlands, 1989. 3. Niida, K., Tani, T. Hirobe & Koshijima, I., `Application of Neural Network to Rule Extraction from Operation Data', Paper No. 6g, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco 1989 4. Reklaitis, `Hopfield Networks for Batch Scheduling' ,presented at the Spring 1990 AIChE Meeting, Orlando, March 18-22, 1990. 5. Venkatasubramanian, V. & Chan, K., `A Neural Network Methodology for Process Fault Diagnosis', AIChE Journal, 35(12), December 1989 6. Whiteley, J. R. & Davis, James F., `Application of Neural Networks to Qualitative Interpretation of Process Sensor Data', presented at the Spring 1990 AIChE Meeting, Orlando, March 18-22, 1990. 7. Ydstie, B. E., `Forecasting and Control Using Adaptive Connectionist Networks', Computers in Chem. Engng., Vol. 14, No. 4/5, pp. 583-599, 1990. :amol -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Amol Joshi | joshi@wuche2.wustl.edu Department of Chemical Engineering | Washington University in St. Louis.|