A novel approach to dynamic modelling of polymer extrusion for improved process control

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 617-628

  McAfee, M ^a   Thompson, S ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic modelling; Extrusion; Genetic algorithms; Grey box models

Indexed keywords

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; DYNAMIC MODELS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PROCESS CONTROL; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

DYNAMIC MODELING; GREY BOX MODELS; POLYMER EXTRUSION;

PLASTICS EXTRUDERS;

EID: 34547184515     PISSN: 09596518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09596518JSCE357     Document Type: Article

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