Ahmed Mohamed Elsayed Ahmed Aly Khalil  <br/><br/>
Applications and development of stochastic global optimization methods for thermodynamic problems /  
  تطبيق طرق الامثلة العشوائية وتطويرها فى حل مسائل الديناميكا الحرارية  
Ahmed Mohamed Elsayed Ahmed Aly Khalil ; Supervised Mai K. Fouad , Seif-Eddeen K. Fateen   
 - Cairo :   Ahmed Mohamed Elsayed Ahmed Aly Khalil  ,   2014 
 - 115 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   30cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Chemical Engineering 
<br/><br/> Thermodynamic problems of phase stability and phase equilibrium of reactive and  non-reactive systems were evaluated using three stochastic swarm algorithms. These  algorithms were Monkey Algorithm (MA), Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA), and  Krill Herd Algorithm (KHA). Then a new developed hybrid, MAKHA was found to be  more reliable and more efficient in solving 24 out of the 27 tested benchmark problems  compared to the performance of its two parent algorithms, MA and KHA. Also MAKHA  outperformed its parent algorithms in solving nine difficult thermodynamic problems 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Phase equilibrium calculations  Phase stability analysis  Stochastic swarm algorithms