1. The Nature and organization of optimization problems -- 2. Fitting models to data -- 3. Formulation of objective functions -- 4. Basic concepts of optimization -- 5. Optimization of unconstrained functions: One dimensional search -- 6. Unconstrained multivariable optimization -- 7. Linear programming and applications -- 8. Nonlinear programming with constraints -- 9. Optimization of staged and discrete processes -- 10. Heat transfer and energy conservation -- 11. Seperation processes -- 12. Fluid flow systems -- 13. Chemical reactor design and operation -- 14. Optimization in large-scale plant design and operation

1. Chemical processes
2. Mathematical optimization