1. FIRST PRINCIPLES MODELING AND NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION BASED ESTIMATION AND CONTROL OF A FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT. Authors: ZOLTAN K. NAGY, RALUCA ROMAN, PAUL ŞERBAN AGACHI, FRANK ALLGÖWER.2. SIMULATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX FCCU PART I: BUILIDING THE MODEL AND VALIDATION. Authors: RALUCA ROMAN, ZOLTAN KALMAN NAGY, VASILE MIRCEA CRISTEA, PAUL ŞERBAN AGACHI.3. SIMULATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX FCCU PART II: STUDY OF THE PROCESS DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR. Authors: RALUCA ROMAN, ZOLTAN KALMAN NAGY, VASILE MIRCEA CRISTEA, PAUL ŞERBAN AGACHI.4. MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL (LINEAR AND NONLINEAR) OF A COMPLEX FCCU. Authors: RALUCA ROMAN, ZOLTAN KALMAN NAGY, VASILE MIRCEA CRISTEA, PAUL ŞERBAN AGACHI.5. SIMULATION OF THE REACTOR-REGENERATOR-MAIN FRACTIONATOR FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS. Authors: VASILE MIRCEA CRISTEA, RALUCA ROMAN, PAUL ŞERBAN AGACHI.