The quadruple-tank process: A multivariable laboratory process with an adjustable zero

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 456-465

  Johansson, Karl Henrik ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Laboratory process; Multivariable control; Multivariable zeros

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL LABORATORIES; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; POLES AND ZEROS; PROCESS CONTROL; WATER TANKS;

MULTIVARIABLE ZEROS; QUADRUPLE TANK PROCESS;

MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033704177     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/87.845876     Document Type: Article

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