A project report submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering. Johannesburg 1992 / It has been suggested that the inability to quantify the financial benefits of advanced process control is a. key barrier to hs more widespread use and acceptance. This report discusses the financial analysis of advanced process control opportunities. Potential benefits of advanced control are predicted by considering the power spectral density of load disturbances likely to affect the control system, and the ideal characteristlcs of feedback systems as proposed by H.W. Bode. Financial ratio analysis and modem measures of profitabilty, such as Discounted Cash Flow Rate of Return (DCFRR) and Net Present Value (NPV) are used to evaluate the economic potential of control opportunities fer an organisation. The results indicate that financial benefits of advanced process control strategies can be predicted, quantified and then evaluated, with the ultimate aim of improving the overall financial position of all organisation.

<p>Proview is an open source system for process control, developed at SSAB Oxelösund. A wide range of IO systems are already supported by Proview. This thesis documents the implementation of support for the Profibus DP master board Hilscher CIF 50-PB.</p><p>Most of the features of the board are supported by the agent. The agent is intended to support up to four boards per system. Adding support for additional types of Profibus DP master boards from Hilscher to the agent should be straightforward.</p><p>This thesis covers some technical aspects of the Profibus DP technology and also provides some background of Proview’s IO system. The design decisions behind the Hilscher agent implementation will be discussed. All functions and data structures of the implementation are documented. Testing of the implementation is also included in the thesis.</p><p>The thesis may also be used as technical documentation for the agent implementation.</p><p>Finally, we look at the strengths and shortcomings of the completed agent implementation.</p>

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio State University, 1983. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-98). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Lehigh University, 2001. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-174).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 126-136). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2009. / Title from pdf file main screen (viewed on Dec. 10, 2009). "A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Lehigh University, 2001. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 166-173).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-129). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.