Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to fed-batch bioreactors -- Idealised reactors and fed-batch reactors -- Maximisation of reaction rates and fed-batch operation -- Phenomena that favour fed-batch operations -- Classification and characteristics of fed-batch cultures -- Models based on mass balance equations -- Non-equation-based models -- Experimental determination of specific rates -- Optimization via Pontryagin's maximum principle -- Computational techniques -- Optimization of single and multiple isothermal reactions -- Optimization of fed-batch cultures for cell mass production -- Optimization of fed-batch cultures for metabolites -- Simple, intuitive adaptive optimization -- Measurements, estimation and control -- Feasibility assessment and implementable feed rates.

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