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A blackboard-based expert system, Intellite3 for synthesizing control structures in chemical processing plants is discussed. We suggest object-centered knowledge representation framework with distributed multi-task frame net model embodied on blackboard structure. Intellite3 interactively synthesizes the plausible control structures for a specified process and it effectively screens those alternatives to find out the most reasonable one in the context of over-all control objectives, operability, and other operational requirements.
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Song, J.J., Park, K.H. & Park, S.W. A blackboard-based expert system for control structure synthesis of chemical processing plants. J Intell Manuf 2, 379–385 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01471940
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