The role of controls in nuclear fusion

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2263-2270

  Schuster, Eugenio ^a   Ariola, Marco ^b  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; FUSION REACTIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

CONTROLLED FUSION; FUEL SUPPLY; MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT;

CONTROL THEORY;

EID: 39649085588     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2006.377423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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