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Knowledge-Based Control Systems

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SOFSEM 2001: Theory and Practice of Informatics (SOFSEM 2001)

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The monitoring and control of devices and systems has attracted attention from the field of knowledge-based systems for a number of reasons. The problem is intrinsically knowledge-intensive, benefiting from awareness of the behaviour and interactions of components. There are complexities such as time constraints, partial and qualitative information, and in many cases there is a need for a degree of human understandability in performance. In this paper the problems of control are characterised, and a selection of applicable knowledge-based techniques described. Some architectural issues for control system design are also discussed. Two case studies are described which illustrate the variety of problems and approaches: one for control of flooding in a city, the other for control of an anaerobic waste treatment plant.

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  1. Business and Information Technology Department, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 0QX, Didcot, Oxon., UK

    Simon Lambert

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  1. Institute of Computer Science, University of Wroclaw, Przesmyckiego 20, 51-151, Wroclaw, Poland

    Leszek Pacholski

  2. Fac. of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics, Inst. of Informatics, Comenius Univ., Mlynská dolina, 84248, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Peter Ružička

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Lambert, S. (2001). Knowledge-Based Control Systems. In: Pacholski, L., Ružička, P. (eds) SOFSEM 2001: Theory and Practice of Informatics. SOFSEM 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2234. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45627-9_7

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