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The use of digital computers in process control / by Theodore J. Williams.

By: Williams, Theodore Joseph, 1923-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Independent learning module from the Instrument Society of America: Publisher: Research Triangle Park, N.C. : Instrument Society of America, 1984Description: viii, 385 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0876646380 .Subject(s): Process control -- Data processingDDC classification: 629.895
Contents:
Introduction and overview -- A short history of the field and the development of a philosophy of digital process control -- Distribution of duties in a computer control system -- The justification of computer control -- Personnel and management interfaces to process control computer systems -- Basics of computers for process control -- The process interface -- Communications in computer control systems -- Sequential control and programmed logic controllers -- Reliability and fault tolerance in industrial computer systems -- Programming of process control computer systems -- Languages for process control computer systems -- Algorithms of importance in digital process control -- Optimization in industrial process control computer systems -- Management of the procurement of computer control systems -- The acceptance, installation and operation of computer control systems.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 629.895 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00049460
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-290) and index.

Introduction and overview -- A short history of the field and the development of a philosophy of digital process control -- Distribution of duties in a computer control system -- The justification of computer control -- Personnel and management interfaces to process control computer systems -- Basics of computers for process control -- The process interface -- Communications in computer control systems -- Sequential control and programmed logic controllers -- Reliability and fault tolerance in industrial computer systems -- Programming of process control computer systems -- Languages for process control computer systems -- Algorithms of importance in digital process control -- Optimization in industrial process control computer systems -- Management of the procurement of computer control systems -- The acceptance, installation and operation of computer control systems.