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3 \begin_document
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30 \begin_body
31
32 \begin_layout Chapter
33 Starting Points
34 \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{cha:Overview}
35
36 \end_inset
37
38
39 \end_layout
40
41 \begin_layout Section
42 Our goal
43 \end_layout
44
45 \begin_layout Standard
46 The purpose of this chapter is to help you find out what you need to read
47 first about ASCEND IV in order to accomplish some portion of your mathematical
48 modeling tasks.
49 Since there is no single best order to learn in for all people, we list
50 the introductory documents and their sound bytes concisely, in the hope
51 that this makes your search task less difficult.
52 If ASCEND IV is new to you, work through the first three listed in sequence,
53 then branch to the special topics you need most.
54 Without further ado, your goals.
55 \end_layout
56
57 \begin_layout Subsection
58 Primal Subjects
59 \end_layout
60
61 \begin_layout Description
62 Chapter\InsetSpace ~
63
64 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:model1}
65
66 \end_inset
67
68 Building and solving a small mathematical model from a simple problem descripti
69 on of a water tank.
70 This is basic mathematical modeling of a physical system.
71 If you have never, ever used ASCEND IV, you should probably start here
72 to build and solve a model.
73 \end_layout
74
75 \begin_layout Description
76 Chapter\InsetSpace ~
77
78 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:model2}
79
80 \end_inset
81
82 Making any model easier to share with others by adding basic methods, scripts,
83 and model interfaces.
84
85 \end_layout
86
87 \begin_layout Description
88 Chapter\InsetSpace ~
89
90 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:model3}
91
92 \end_inset
93
94 Reusing a model for plotting and case studies with an introduction to type
95 refinement and inheritance.
96 Defining and executing a case study to generate data and plots which indicate
97 how your mathematical model responds to alternative input values.
98 \end_layout
99
100 \begin_layout Description
101 Chapter\InsetSpace ~
102
103 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:require}
104
105 \end_inset
106
107 Managing modeling project files with REQUIRE and PROVIDE.
108 ASCEND will automatically load the other type definition files you need
109 when working on a model if you follow some simple rules.
110
111 \end_layout
112
113 \begin_layout Description
114 Chapter\InsetSpace ~
115
116 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:plot}
117
118 \end_inset
119
120 Defining a plot which gathers scattered data from your models into a plt_plot
121 that can be viewed from the Browser window.
122 \end_layout
123
124 \begin_layout Description
125 *howto-specify*\InsetSpace ~
126 (Art,Ben, in progress) Defining a square or well-posed problem
127 when your model gets big.
128 Writing a specify method is the only reliable way to go, and even this
129 is not simple unless you plan ahead.
130 Degrees of freedom can be tricky.
131 \end_layout
132
133 \begin_layout Description
134 Chapter\InsetSpace ~
135
136 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:atoms}
137
138 \end_inset
139
140 Defining new types of variables or constants when the standard library
141 does not have what you want.
142
143 \end_layout
144
145 \begin_layout Description
146 Chapter\InsetSpace ~
147
148 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:dimeqns}
149
150 \end_inset
151
152 Entering correlation equations with units and how we support degrees Farenheit.
153 \end_layout
154
155 \begin_layout Description
156 Chapter\InsetSpace ~
157
158 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:units}
159
160 \end_inset
161
162 Defining new units of measure based on SI or other existing units.
163 \end_layout
164
165 \begin_layout Description
166 *howto-library1* (NOTES, check methods, etc) Getting it right the first
167 time.
168 Modeling reliably in teams requires communicating all problem aspects including
169 the goals to be met, the mathematical problem to be solved, the solution
170 process, and the testing criteria that define an acceptable solution.
171 You can do all these in ASCEND IV.
172 \end_layout
173
174 \begin_layout Description
175 Chapter\InsetSpace ~
176
177 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:methods}
178
179 \end_inset
180
181 Making basic models easy to use later by adding METHODS.
182 Defining more standard methods and your own methods so you do not have
183 to remember how you made the model work yesterday, last week, last year,
184 or in your last incarnation.
185 Its almost automatic.
186
187 \end_layout
188
189 \begin_layout Subsection
190 Engineering Subjects
191 \end_layout
192
193 \begin_layout Description
194 Chapter\InsetSpace ~
195
196 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:physprops}
197
198 \end_inset
199
200 Defining a chemical mixture and physical property calculations for use
201 in process simulation.
202 Equilibrium thermodynamics, phases, species, and all that jazz.
203 Adding species and correlations to the database.
204 \end_layout
205
206 \begin_layout Description
207 *howto-column1*\InsetSpace ~
208 (Art, in progress) Defining a steady-state distillation
209 column in a flowsheet using the column library that comes with ASCEND IV.
210 \end_layout
211
212 \begin_layout Description
213 *howto-reactor*\InsetSpace ~
214 (Duncan, in progress) Defining a chemical reactor model
215 in a flowsheet.
216 Not a task for the faint of heart, but probably far easier than defining
217 a new reactor in almost any commercial simulator.
218 \end_layout
219
220 \begin_layout Description
221 Chapter\InsetSpace ~
222
223 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{cha:ivp}
224
225 \end_inset
226
227 Defining a simple dynamic model (initial value problem) and watching it
228 respond.
229 Water level in a tank.
230 \end_layout
231
232 \begin_layout Description
233 *howto-dynamic2*\InsetSpace ~
234 (Duncan, in progress) Defining a complex dynamic model
235 using dynamic libraries.
236 Dynamic vapor-liquid flash tank.
237 \end_layout
238
239 \begin_layout Description
240 *howto-column2*\InsetSpace ~
241 (Duncan, in progress) Simulating a dynamic distillation
242 column in a flowsheet using ASCEND.
243
244 \end_layout
245
246 \begin_layout Description
247 *howto-control*\InsetSpace ~
248 (Duncan, in progress) Controlling dynamic systems, disturbances,
249 and all those pesky graphing tools using the Script window and Tcl.
250
251 \end_layout
252
253 \begin_layout Description
254 Chapter\InsetSpace ~
255 Writing a conditional model where which equations apply is determined
256 by variable values or boundary expressions.
257 \end_layout
258
259 \begin_layout Description
260 Chapter\InsetSpace ~
261 (Ben, in progress) Defining a dynamic model with end-point conditions
262 (boundary value problem) using our collocation (bvp) library.
263 \end_layout
264
265 \begin_layout Standard
266
267 \end_layout
268
269 \end_body
270 \end_document

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