Patents, Software, and Hardware for PID Control: An Overview and Analysis of the Current Art

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-54

  Li, Yun ^a   Ang, Kiam Heong ^a   Chong, Gregory C Y ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PROCESS CONTROL; TUNING;

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE PACKAGES; HARDWARE MODULES; PROPORTIONAL-INTEGRAL-DERIVATIVE (PID) CONTROL;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 31944435672     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2006.1580153     Document Type: Article

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