Advances in Real-Time Plasma Boundary Reconstruction: From gaps to snakes

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 44-64

  Beghi, Alessandro ^a   Cenedese, Angelo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSION REACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

DEFORMABLE MODELS; PLASMA BOUNDARY CONTROL; PLASMA BOUNDARY RECONSTRUCTION; SHAPE CONTROL; SHAPE ESTIMATION;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 27144454941     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2005.1512795     Document Type: Article

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