Machine derived contents note: Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Simple and Robust Design -- Design philosophies -- Process Synthesis and Design Optimization -- Process Simplification and Intensification Techniques -- Process Design Based on Reliability -- Optimization of an Integrated Complex of Process Plants and Evaluation of its Vulnerability -- Instrumentation, Automation of Operation and Control -- Operation Optimization -- The Efficient Design and Continuous Improvement of High-quality Process Plants from an Organizational Perspective -- An Overview: Design of Simple and Robust Process Plants -- Author Index -- Subject Index