Author_Institution :
Taylor MOD Systems, Combustion Engineering Ltd., Stevenage, UK
Abstract :
The age of the `super¿ controller ¿ the `expert¿ system which employs artificial intelligence to supervise the control electronics in a process plant ¿ is only a short step away. The technology and the expertise to apply it are available; it only remains to win confidence of user engineers and for the economics to be brought into reach of the market