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Adaptive rule-based optimisation of combustion in multiple burner installations

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Fogarty, T.C. (1990). Adaptive rule-based optimisation of combustion in multiple burner installations. In: Gottlob, G., Nejdl, W. (eds) Expert Systems in Engineering Principles and Applications. ESE 1990. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 462. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-53104-1_46

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