Intelligent control is a rapidly developing, complex and challenging
field with great practical importance and potential. Because of the
rapidly developing and interdisciplinary nature of the subject, there
are only a few edited volumes consisting of research papers on
intelligent control systems but little is known and published about the
fundamentals and the general know-how in designing, implementing and
operating intelligent control systems.
Intelligent control system emerged from artificial intelligence and
computer controlled systems as an interdisciplinary field. Therefore the
book summarizes the fundamentals of knowledge representation, reasoning,
expert systems and real-time control systems and then discusses the
design, implementation verification and operation of real-time expert
systems using G2 as an example. Special tools and techniques applied in
intelligent control are also described including qualitative modelling,
Petri nets and fuzzy controllers. The material is illlustrated with
simple examples taken from the field of intelligent process control.
Audience: The book is suitable for advanced undergraduate students and
graduate engineering students. In addition, practicing engineers will
find it appropriate for self-study.