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Scale models in control systems engineering
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The role played by scale models in dynamical systems studies and control engineering is described in this article, where the development at the Control Systems Centre, UMIST, of a series of scale models for control systems studies is described.Abstract:
The article describes the role played by scale models in dynamical systems studies and control engineering. As a tangible example, the development at the Control Systems Centre, UMIST, of a series of scale models for control systems studies is described. The models form a comprehensive set of equipment which is used for laboratory investigations of process systems, material transport problems, electromechanical control, and the like. The paper describes how such a range of models is used to illustrate the essential features and methods of mathematical modelling, system identification, analysis and controlread more
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Multivariable pole-assignment self-tuning regulators
D.L. Prager,Peter E. Wellstead +1 more
TL;DR: The paper describes the theory and application of a multi-input/multi-output self-tuning regulator where the control objective is the assignment of the closed-loop pole set to prespecified locations and the key theoretical result is that the algorithm has the so-called ‘self- Tuning’ property.