Coelho, João PauloCunha, José BoaventuraOliveira, Paulo de Moura2010-11-092010-11-092005Coelho, João; Cunha, José; Oliveira, Paulo (2005). Real-time control of a laboratory heat exchanger using the particle swarm optimisation algorithm. In CAIP 2005 – 7º Congresso Interamericano de Computação Aplicada à Industria de Processos. Vila Real - Portugal. p.215-220http://hdl.handle.net/10198/2749In the past decade, evolutionary based algorithms have been a popular research theme in many disciplinary areas like control systems. Although, due to the computational load required, this type of algorithms usually are applied off-line. In this paper, a stochastic search algorithm known as particle swarm is used as an optimisation tool for on-line control of a custom made laboratory thermodynamic system.engReal-time controlModel predictive controlParticle swarm optimisation algorithmconference object