CH5470:Graph Theory & Its Applications in Process Design
Course contents:
Mathematical background:
Graphs, Degree of Vertex, Subgraphs, graph operations, walks, paths, circuits, connectivity, cutsets, trees, spanning trees, fundamental cutsets and circuits, matrix representation of graphs, graph algorithms
Applications:
- Solving large systems of equations
- Partitioning
- Network analysis
- Pipeline network design and optimization
- Sensor network design
- Process flowsheeting
- Heat exchanger networks
- Complex networks