title: Sliding mode control: an approach to regulate nonlinear chemical processes
abstract: A new approach for the design of sliding mode controllers based on a first-order-plus-deadtime model of the process, is developed. This approach results in a fixed structure controller with a set of tuning equations as a function of the characteristic parameters of the model. The controller performance is judged by simulations on two nonlinear chemical processes.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Circuitos y Medias, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela. ocamacho@ing.ula.ve
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authors.lastname: Camacho
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authors.lastname: Smith