Eric S Fraga: Personal pages

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✉ Professor Eric S Fraga, Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London (UCL)
☎ +44 (0) 20 7679 3817 (ext 33817)
📧 e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk

Nature inspired methods for optimization book

I have recently published a book on nature inspired methods for optimization. This book presents the code to implement three methods: a genetic algorithm, particle swarm optimization, and a plant propagation algorithm. All the code is written in Julia and can be found in a software repository.

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The book is freely available on the web and may also be purchased as an ebook (PDF).

Overview

I hold the position of Professor of Process Systems Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University College London located in central London.

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Figure 1: The Portico building in the centre of UCL's main campus at Bloomsbury in central London.

I have previously held an EPSRC Advanced Fellowship and the Santos Chair of Energy & Resources at UCL Australia. While at UCL Australia, I was also the Academic Director, equivalent to head of department for academic purposes. A short biography is available. Much of this information is also encapsulated on UCL Profiles.

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Figure 2: Graphical interactive interface for heat exchanger network design and process optimisation within the Jacaranda system for process design and optimisation.

My main research interests are in the area of decision support through the development of computer aided design tools with the aim of aiding engineers, policy makers and other stakeholders in gaining an understanding of the issues that affect design. I currently have the following major software deliverables from his research:

  1. The Fresa (Julia) and Strawberry (MATLAB or GNU Octave) nature-inspired plant propagation algorithms for nonlinear and dynamic black-box optimisation.
  2. The Jacaranda system for automated design and process optimisation.

All of these software packages are available as open source. See links above for more details.

Further information

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The following are links to pages on my site which present more detailed information:

research
my current research interests and activities.
publications
The list from UCL Discovery or through my Google Scholar profile.
Jacaranda
A blog presenting some of the features of Jacaranda in more detail.
reMarkable
Some software tools for making best use of the reMarkable tablet in an academic environment.
personal
Some personal stuff

You can also follow me on Mastodon.

Date: 2024.02.06 17:41:26

Author: Professor Eric S Fraga

Created: 2024-02-06 Tue 17:41

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