A tutorial review on process identification from step or relay feedback test

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1597-1623

  Liu, Tao ^a   Wang, Qing Guo ^b   Huang, Hsiao Ping ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Frequency response estimation; Least squares fitting; Model identification; Relay feedback test; Step response test; Time delay model

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY RESPONSE ESTIMATION; LEAST-SQUARES FITTINGS; MODEL IDENTIFICATION; RELAY FEEDBACK TEST; STEP RESPONSE TESTS; TIME DELAY MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; TIME DELAY;

RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84888303074     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2013.08.003     Document Type: Review

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