Open loop control strategies for plasma scenarios: Linear and nonlinear techniques for configuration transitions

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2220-2225

  Mattei, Massimiliano ^a,b,c   Albanese, Raffaele ^b,c   Ambrosino, Giuseppe ^c,d   Portone, Alfredo ^e  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

CONFIGURATION TRANSITIONS; OFF-LINE OPTIMIZATION; OPEN LOOP CONTROL; POLOIDAL FIELD COIL CURRENTS;

LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 39649121293     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2006.377412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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