A novel model-based controller for polymer extrusion

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1413-1430

  Abeykoon, Chamil ^a  

^a School of Engineering and Applied Physics GlyndwÂr University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; melt temperature profile; model based control; modeling; performance evaluation; polymer extrusion; process monitoring; soft sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908588145     PISSN: 10636706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2013.2293348     Document Type: Article

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