Coverage on computers and principles in designing digital controllers Details on computer networking, topology, communication protocol, and DCS Fundamentals of fuzzy logic control, their design and use of fuzzy logic in improving performance of conventional PID controllers presented Several case studies provided to illustrate the design of digital controllers

Part I: Computers and Interfacing: Introduction to Computers / Computer Interfacing for Data Acquisition and Control/ DA&C by Using Standard Add-on-Cards / Distributed Control Systems / Examples of Experimental Computer Control of Systems/ Smart Sensors and Fieldbus/Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) / Part II: Design of Controllers: Design of digital controllers/ Design of Feed forward controllers / Model Identification / Adaptive and Predictive Control / introduction to nonlinear discrete models and control / Simulation of Case Studies on Controller Design / Fuzzy Logic Control

Postgraduate students in Chemical, Mechanical, Instrumentation and Control Engineering