Chapter 1
Mathematical Modeling Techniques in Food and Bioprocesses:
An Overview ..................................................... 1
Ashim K. Datta and Shyam S. Sablani
Part I
Physics-Based Models ........................................... 13
Chapter 2
Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Microstructures ................ 15
R.G.M. van der Sman
Chapter 3
Fluid Flow and Its Modeling Using Computational Fluid
Dynamics ....................................................... 41
Ashwini Kumar and Ilhan Dilber
Chapter 4
Heat Transfer .................................................. 85
Ashim K. Datta
Chapter 5
Mass Transfer: Membrane Processes ............................. 145
David Hughes, Taha Taha, and Zhanfeng Cui
Chapter 6
Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer ........................... 179
Xiao Dong Chen
Chapter 7
Reaction Kinetics ............................................. 235
Maria C. Giannakourou and Petros S. Taoukis
Chapter 8
Probabilistic Modeling ........................................ 265
Bart M. Nicolaï, Nico Scheerlinck, and Maarten
L.А.Т.M. Hertog
Part II
Observation-Based Models ...................................... 291
Chapter 9
Experimental Design and Response-Surface Methodology .......... 293
Shuryo Nakai, Eunice C.Y. Li-Chan, and Jinglie Dou
Chapter 10
Multivariate Analysis ......................................... 323
Ioannis S. Arvanitoyannis
Chapter 11
Data Mining ................................................... 357
Geoffrey Holmes
Chapter 12
Artificial Neural Network Modeling ............................ 375
Shyam S. Sablani
Chapter 13
Genetic Algorithms ............................................ 405
T. Morimoto
Chapter 14
Fractal Analysis .............................................. 435
Mohammad Shafiur Rahman
Chapter 15
Fuzzy Modeling ................................................ 451
Haitham M.S. Lababidi and Christopher G.J. Baker
Part III
Some Generic Modeling Techniques .............................. 499
Chapter 16
Monte Carlo Simulation ........................................ 501
Kevin Cronin and James P. Gleeson
Chapter 17
Dimensional Analysis .......................................... 533
Law Chung Lim, Shyam S. Sablani, and Arun S. Mujumdar
Chapter 18
Linear Programming ............................................ 563
Eli Feinerman and Sam Saguy
Index ......................................................... 593
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