Distributed Intelligent Control for a Mine Refrigeration System

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 31-38

  MacLeod, I M ^a   Stothert, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

CONTROL PROBLEM; DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MINE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM;

INTELLIGENT CONTROL;

EID: 0032049850     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/37.664653     Document Type: Article

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