1. Mathematical and control theory background2. Control configuration and controller tuning3. Control structure selection and plantwide control4. Limitations on achievable performance5. Model-based predictive control6. Some practical issues in controller implementation7. Controller performance monitoring and diagnosis8. Economic control benefit assessment
Morten Hovd is Professor of process control at the Department of Engineering Cybernetics of the Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU). After obtaining his doctorate in process control in 1992, he spent six years working with industry before returning to academia. Prof. Hovd has authored more than 150 scientific publications and is a member of both the IEEE Technical Committee on Process Control and the International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee on Mining, Minerals and Metals processing.