Implementation of a robust PID autotuner in a control design environment

Transactions of the Institute of Measurement & Control

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-20

  Leva, Alberto ^a   Colombo, Antonio M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

autotuning; industrial control; PID control; process control; robust control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034921154     PISSN: 01423312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014233120102300101     Document Type: Article

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