title: A sliding mode control proposal for open-loop unstable processes.
abstract: This papers presents a sliding mode controller based on a first-order-plus-dead-time model of the process for controlling open-loop unstable systems. The proposed controller has a simple and fixed structure with a set of tuning equations as a function of the desired performance. Both linear and nonlinear models were used to study the controller performance by computer simulations.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigacíon en Nuevas Estrategias de Control Aplicado, Postgrado en Automatización e Instrumentación, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. rdrojas@ula.ve
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Camacho
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: González
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019149:Bioreactors; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005246:Feedback; D016014:Linear Models; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D013598:Systems Theory