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  • Wireless Standards Convergence: The Inside Story

    By Dick Caro Track: Wireless This session gives a summary of the failed attempt to develop a method to converge the two wireless standards, both directed at the same market, and a third standard that has also emerged to further cloud the issue.
    24 September, 2012 | 1 minute
  • A "Fireside Chat" Session with Dick Morley: Innovate, Imagine, Invent

    The "Father of the PLC," Dick Morley, will host an interactive discussion, offering attendees a rare opportunity to sit and talk with one of the best known legends of automation.
    24 September, 2012 | 1 minute
  • Need a mentor or want to become a mentor?

    On Thursday, 27 September 2012 from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m., don’t miss the panel discussion "The Best of the ISA Mentor Program – Building the Future" where Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas will review the highlights of the ISA Mentor program and discuss the accomplishments of their protégés and other opportunities for improvements, including the need for more mentors.
    24 September, 2012 | 1 minute
  • Fuzzy Logic Control: A Successful Example

    By Michel Ruel Track: Control Performance Fuzzy logic control is used when an experienced operator has better control over a process than a PID or a MPC controller. This paper presents a successful example of a multi-variable fuzzy logic controller.
    24 September, 2012 | 1 minute
  • Tutorial - Simple Nonlinear Model-Based Process Control

    By R. Russell Rhinehart Track: Control Performance This tutorial will present the concepts behind two SISO nonlinear process-model based controllers that can be implemented in-house - Generic Model Control (GMC) using steady-state (SS) models and Process-Model Based Control (PMBC).
    24 September, 2012 | 3 minutes
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