Dear Sir/Madam,

Could you please disseminate following message to CAST10 community.

Best regards
Dr. Shivom Sharma
EFPL, Switzerland


Greetings from Prof. Dr. Gade Pandu Rangaiah and Prof. Dr. Andrew Hoadley,
Guest Editors of the open access journal *Processes *(ISSN 2227-9717;
indexed in *SCIE*-Web of Science and *Scopus*-Elsevier; IF: 1.279;
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes).

We invite you to submit your manuscript to the Special Issue of *Processes* on
Multi-Objective Optimization of Processes (
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/special_issues/multi_objective).
Deadline
for manuscript submissions: **15 September 2019**

**Special Issue Description* *

Optimization has been playing a significant role for designing and
controlling improved processes for many decades. However, over recent
years, the view of an optimized process has changed from considering just
the economic return to include other objectives including environmental
impacts, social impacts, process safety, on-stream time, reliability,
maintainability, and recyclability, to name just some of the possibilities.
When a process designer needs to consider more than one criterion, this is
known as multi-criteria decision analysis/making (MCDA/M). Multi-objective
optimization (MOO) or optimization for multiple objectives has been a fast
developing field of research, because of its ability to identify conflicts
between objectives using Pareto-generating techniques that can provide many
Pareto-optimal solutions at the same time.

This Special Issue on “Multi-Objective Optimization of Processes” focuses
on new developments and applications of MOO to processes and systems of
interest to chemical engineers. Topics include but not limited to the
following:

   - New techniques for multi-objective optimization;
   - Developments in the selection of Pareto-optimal solutions;
   - Applications to design and control of new processes and systems;
   - Applications to retrofitting/revamping of existing processes and
   systems;
   - Applications in product design, energy systems, food processing,
   mineral processing, and drug delivery;
   - Optimization for diverse objectives related to economics,
   environmental impact, safety, controllability, and/or flexibility.

**How to Submit**

Main types of contributions published in *Processes* are Articles,
Communications, Reviews, Conference Papers, Perspectives, Viewpoints.

1. Instructions for Authors:
*http://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/instructions
<http://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/instructions>*

2. Manuscripts are expected to be submitted through the online system
at *https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/
<https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/>*


**About Processes**

*Processes* (ISSN 2227-9717; IF: 1.279; *http://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes
<http://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes>*) is a journal published by MDPI,
Basel, Switzerland. *Processes* maintains rigorous peer-review and a rapid
publication process.

**Open Access** (http://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess): free for readers,
with publishing fees paid by authors or their institutions. (
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/apc
<http://www.mdpi.com/journal/catalysts/apc>).
**High visibility**: indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of
Science), Scopus and other databases.
(*http://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/indexing
<http://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/indexing>*)
**Rapid publication**: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision
provided to authors in 12.9 days after submission; acceptance to
publication is undertaken in 5.1 days (median values for papers published
in this journal in the second half of 2018).

**Publication Charge*:* The Article Processing Charge for *Processes* papers
is 1100 CHF per accepted paper. Please note that for papers submitted after *30
June 2019* an APC of 1200 CHF applies. For details, please see:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/apc.