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Practice and trends in control engineering

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With reference to automatic control, the lecture will analyse the current state of engineering methods available for industrial applications, the principal needs demanding for more systematic and reliable design methods and the lines along which engineering reserch moves to meet such demands. Two different aspects of innovation are considered: the development of new products enhancing the capability of Control Systems (either in stand-alone form or as Distributed Control Systems) to implement and manage more advanced and effective control strategies; the development of tools and frameworks able to improve the work process of engineering projects. Attention is focused on key points for engineering practice: role of standards, data sharing and integration, CAE for control, simulators, and other means suitable to build an actual bridge between Control Science and Engineering. Recent proposals are finally discussed that widen the scope of automatic control to different real-time functions, acting as support for the operator's decision making.

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Maffezzoni, C., Magnani, G. (1996). Practice and trends in control engineering. In: Bonivento, C., Marro, G., Zanasi, R. (eds) Colloquium on Automatic Control. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 215. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0043578

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