Low cost automation 1998 (LCA'98) : a proceedings volume from the 5th IFAC Symposium, Shenyang, P.R. China, 8-10 September 1998

Selected chapter headings and selected papers: Plenary Sessions. Trends in low cost automation (P. Albertos). Predicting the performance of soft sensors as a route to low cost automation (G.C. Goodwin). Object-oriented integrated control technology of complex industrial processes (Chai Tian You, S.P. Guan). Robust Control & H Control. Recursive approach of H control problems for nonstandard singularly perturbed systems under imperfect state measurements (Hiroaki Mukaidani et al.). Process Control Application I. A case study on the LCA approach in oil production (An Qi et al.). Actuator & Drivers 1. Block discouple control of cross-directional basis weight on paper machines (Song Zhihuan et al.). Manufacturing. Research on a flexible forming system of sheet metal (Li Mingzhe et al.). Control Theory 1. Fault detection: a control philosophy approach to design via constrained optimisation (T.S. Brinsmead, G.C. Goodwin). Process Control Application 2. On-line supervision and control for cement production from vertical shaft kiln (Wang Xiaohong et al.). Knowledge Based System. The study and development of production synchronized scheduling system of minimizing the cost flow on steelmaking-hot rolling (Sun Fuquan et al.). Actuator & Drivers 2. An open-structure robot controller (Ming Liu et al.). Electric Power System. Computer management system for economic operation of CIPS in the fossil-fired power plant (Xiuping Zheng et al.). Modeling. Simulation model based performance evaluation for Controller Area Network (Minrui Fei, Jindong Xiao). Neural Network and Intelligent Control. Simple adaptive neuro-fuzzy controller (I. Kalaykov).