An automated performance monitor for process controllers

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 537-553

  Li, Qing ^a   Whiteley, R ^a   Rhinehart, R Russell ^a  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Control loop performance; Controller performance; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

AIR; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW OF WATER; MONITORING; PROCESS CONTROL;

AIR-FLOW CONTROL; WATER FLOW CONTROL;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED CONTROL; FLUID FLOW; MONITORING; PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 1642408816     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0661(03)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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