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chapter 1. Modeling, simulation, and optimization in the chemical engineering curriculum / Mariano Mart?n Mart?n and Ignacio E. Grossmann -- chapter 2. Modeling, simulation, and optimization in the process and commodities industries / Iiro Harjunkoski and Mariano Mart?n Mart?n -- chapter 3. Excel? for chemical engineering / Mariano Martn? Martn? and Luis Martn? de Juan -- chapter 4. MATLAB? for chemical engineering / Mariano Martn? Martn? and Luis Martn? de Juan -- chapter 5. PTC Mathcad? for chemical engineering / Kristen A. Severson, Alberto Martn?ez B?ares, and Mariano Martn? Martn? -- chapter 6. Computational fluid dynamics and multiphysics / Bostjan Hari and Aman Dhir -- chapter 7. Discrete element method applications in process engineering / Ali Hassanpour and Massih Pasha -- chapter 8. Modular process simulators / Rub? Ruiz-Femenia, Jos ?A. Caballero, and Mariano Martn? Mart?n -- chapter 9. Introduction to gPROMS? for chemical engineering / Carlos Amador Zamarre?o, Mariano Martn? Mart?n, and Laura Bueno Romo -- chapter 10. Algebraic modeling and optimization / Ricardo Manuel Pinto de Lima and Ignacio E. Grossmann -- chapter 11. Use of GAMS? for optimal process synthesis and operation / Mariano Martn? Martn? -- chapter 12. AIMMS? for scheduling of chemical plants / Edwin Zondervan and Martijn A.H. van Elzakker -- chapter 13. Plant location : supply chain management / Gonzalo Guill?-Gosl?bez and Fengqi You -- chapter 14. Dynamic optimization in process systems / Mara? Soledad Da?z and Lorenz T. Biegler. "This book provides a quick reference guide to the use of different software packages for chemical engineering applications so that readers can become familiar with their capabilities. The book covers a range of software packages from Excel and general mathematical packages such as MATLAB or Mathematica, to process simulators, CHEMCAD or ASPEN, equation-based modeling languages, gProms, EMSO, optimization software such as GAMS or specialized software like CFD or DEM codes that are applied to a number of representative examples from the design of chemical reactors, to cooling towers and chemical processes and operation. Each chapter covers a general introduction to the software, the basis behind the scenes as well as a few typical applications and examples. "--