4.3 Function-Variable Output Set Assignment.........

 4.4 Minimum Weighted Tearing..... .................

5 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTATION ...........................

 5.1 Data Structures.............................. .

 5.2 A Versatile Memory System .....................

 5.3 Flow Diagram and Subroutine Descriptions........

6 CONVERGENCE PROPERTIES ..................................

 6.1 Review.........................................

 6.2 Modification of Solution Procedures............

 6.3 Convergence Properties of Combined
 Gauss-Seidel and Newton-Raphson................

7 EXAMPLE PROBLEMS .............................. ......

 7.1 Distillation Model .............................

 7.2 Examples ........................... ......... .

 7.3 Discussion................................... .

8 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS......................


APPENDICES:

 A THE SIM DATA STRUCTURE..............

 B SUBROUTINE DESCRIPTIONS.............

BIBL IOG APHY..................................

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ...........................


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