Complexity of chemical products, plants, processes and control systems

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1430-1437

  Wall, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Complicatedness; Control; Plant; Process; Properties; Systems

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; COMPLICATEDNESS; PLANT; PROCESS; PROPERTIES; SYSTEMS;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 70349627241     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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