Virtual instruments in refineries

IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 26-34

  Fortuna, Luigi ^a   Graziani, Salvatore ^a   Xibilia, Maria Gabriella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GAS EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PROCESS CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DATA COLLECTION; DATA FILTERING; MODEL STRUCTURE SELECTION; ONLINE MEASUREMENT DEVICES; VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS; VIRTUAL SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 27844534887     PISSN: 10946969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIM.2005.1518619     Document Type: Article

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