Decentralized control system design for multivariable processes - A novel method based on effective relative gain array

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2769-2776

  Xiong, Qiang ^a   Cai, Wen Jian ^a   He, Mao Jun ^a   He, Ming ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; LOGIC DESIGN; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CLOSED LOOPS; EFFECTIVE RELATIVE GAIN ARRAY (ERGA); GAIN ARRAY; MULTIVARIABLE PROCESSES;

MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; LOGIC DESIGN; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 33646374446     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie051331t     Document Type: Conference Paper

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