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Robert Holmes wrote:
> And that got me thinking: has there been any (and I do mean any) real-world
> examples of using an ABM in a closed-loop control system (i.e. one that
> doesn't just produce some estimates of a control paramter but actually
> enacts them)? Such control systems are all around us and - as far as I can
> make out - they are all examples of EBMs (even the analogue ones).
I don't have the web-site URL off-hand, but I believe that a German
control system company specializing in oil and gas pipelines mentioned
that their simulator uses an ABM. The simulator's practical purpose is
to estimate when different substances pumped through the pipeline reach
the various egress points. Different "loads" are separated by slugs,
but they move through the pipeline according the individual physics of
each load. Fuel oil moves slower than avgas, for instance, and the
pressures vary. There are other simulators in use in that industry for
leak detection, but I believe those are EBM.
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