Woodhead Publishing Computer Aided Applications in Pharmaceutical Technology (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomedicine)

Computer-aided applications in pharmaceutical technology covers the fundamentals of experimental design application and interpretation in pharmaceutical technology and chemometric methods, with emphasis on their application in process control, neural computing (artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic and decision trees, evolutionary computing and genetic algorithms, self-organizing maps), computer-aided biopharmaceutical characterization as well as application of computational fluid dynamics in pharmaceutical technology. All of these techniques are essential tools for successful building of quality into pharmaceutical products and processes from the early stage of their development to selection of the optimal ones. In addition to theoretical aspects of various methods, the book provides numerous examples of their application in the field of pharmaceutical technology. Key Features: a comprehensive review of the current state of the art on various computer aided applications in pharmaceutical technology; case studies are presented in order to facilitate understanding of various concepts in computer-aided applications. Contents: Quality- by-design in pharmaceutical development; Computer-aided formulation development; Experimental design application and interpretation in pharmaceutical technology; Chemometric methods application in pharmaceutical products and processes analysis and control; Neural computing in pharmaceutical products and process development; Computer-aided biopharmaceutical characterization: Gastrointestinal absorption simulation; Computational fluid dynamics: Applications in pharmaceutical technology.