A Distributed Coordination Approach to Reconfigurable Process Control

• Main Authors: Chokshi, Nirav N. (Author), McFarlane, Duncan C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2008.
• Series: Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Industrial engineering.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment.

The need to adapt to the demands of global supply chains in real-time is of significant importance to the future success of continuous process industries. Amongst such business drivers, it will become critical that process plants are designed to be easily reconfigured as and when necessary. Recent d...

Table of Contents:

• Problem Development
• Reconfigurable Process Control Research
• A Distributed Reconfigurable Process Control Approach
• DRPC: Distributed Reconfigurable Process Control
• Reconfigurable Process Control Architecture
• An Interaction Model for Reconfigurable Process Control
• A Distributed Algorithm for Reconfigurable Process Control
• An Assessment of the DRPC Approach
• Application of Distributed Coordination Approach — A Case Example
• Conclusions.