Part I: Introduction. 1. Why Process Control? 2. Definitions and Terminology. Part II: Modeling for Control. 3. Basic Concepts in Modeling. 4. Development of Models from Fundamental Laws. 5. Input-Output Models. 6. Models from Process Data. Part III: Process Analysis. 7. Stability. 8. Dynamic Performance. 9. Frequency Response. Basic control loop anatomy, the parts and pieces of control loops and how they are configured Positioners vs. regulators, the two basic types of control loops A fly‐by‐wire system vs. a cruise control system, iconic examples of the positioner and the regulator Introduction to Discrete Event Systems Second Edition by Christos G. Cassandras Boston University Stéphane Lafortune The University of Michigan CHAPTER 1 : INTRO. TO PROCESS CONTROL How are we doing? • Explain the feedback concept applied to control • Explain and identify the three elements in a feedback loop • Be able to apply feedback manually to many chemical process examples Lot's of improvement, but we need some more study! • Read the textbook Introduction to Process Control Introduction To study the subject of industrial process control effectively you must first gain a general understanding of its basic principles. To present these con-trol principles clearly and concisely, an intuitive approach to process con-trol is used. First, however, some basic definitions and concepts of process