Automatic Control of Bioprocesses

Bringing together input from the fields of chemical engineering, molecular biology, physics, chemistry, math, and engineering, this comprehensive text gives an overview of the challenges in the control of bioprocesses, which play an important role in food processing, pharmaceuticals, and environmental management. It presents key results in various fields, including dynamic modeling, dynamic properties of bioprocess models, software sensors designed for the online estimation of parameters, and control and supervision of bioprocesses.