The city of Mumbai charms every visitor. In particular, its warmth and ethos have remained unchanged over the years. crowds in suburban trains average person on street continue to exude this warmth, cutting across social boundaries. Tucked away northeast corner sprawling metropolis is a still sylvan paradise, where birds chirp, cows moo, monkeys chatter, leopard pays periodic visits. And paradi...

This special issue of at – Automatisierungstechnik is a celebration of the achievements of Winfried Oppelt, one of the great names of German control engineering. His reputation, and much of his work, will be well known to many readers of this journal, so in this introduction I shall not attempt to recount his biography in detail. Rather, I shall concentrate on the characteristics that, I believ...

3D Population Balance Model for Continuous Twin Screw Granulator Marko K. Paavola*, Arwa S. El-Hagrasy, James D. Litster, Kauko J. Leiviskä Control Engineering Laboratory, University of Oulu, P. O. Box 4300, FIN 90014, University of Oulu School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafaye...

This paper presents a guide to sliding mode control for practicing control engineers. It offers an accurate assessment of the so-called chattering phenomenon, catalogs implementable sliding mode control design solutions, and provides a frame of reference for future sliding mode control research.