Design, implementation and testing of an intelligent knowledge-based system for the supervisory control of a hot rolling mill

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 615-628

  Yao, L ^a   Postlethwaite, I ^a   Browne, W ^b   Gu, D ^a   Mar, M ^c   Lowes, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Intelligent knowledge based systems; Rolling mill control; Scheduling; Supervisory control

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; ROLLING MILLS; SCADA SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING;

INTELLIGENT KNOWLEDGE-BASED SUPERVISORY CONTROL (IKBSC); LOW-GAUGE PLATE; ROLLING MILL CONTROL; SUPERVISORY CONTROL;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 17744382777     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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