Objective The main objective of the CONNECT CRAFT proposal is to achieve a significant increase in the range of control problems to which advanced optimisation-based controllers can be reliably applied. This will be achieved through the investigation and development of an integrated set of advanced control algorithms and software/hardware tools for applications in a broad range of systems which exhibit significant operational difficulties and limitations (e.g. industrial systems requiring fast control actions, safety- critical applications as encountered in automotive control or in chemical reactor control, energy application, wire manufacturing requiring extremely tight product quality control etc.).The work in the proposed project will include research activities and novel RTD approaches for:(i) The development of more efficient and fast MPC techniques utilising recent advances developed by the RTD performers in the area of parametric programming;(ii) The design of robust model-based controllers, for hybrid and continuous dynamic systems;(iii) The development of reduced order-models.The activities of the proposal will make extensive use of a field of mathematics, called parametric optimization, to shift offline (hence out of the controller) the computational burden traditionally associated with model-based optimal control techniques. The remarkable feature of the CONNECT advanced controllers is that the control performance is identical to what would have been achieved with a full on-line optimization approach but without the computational burden and related software. The consortium brings together 3 leading research groups in process systems engineering, control, optimisation, and embedded systems design and 5 SMEs and 2 end-users which will perform software development activities and additionally provide real-life industrial problems from the polymer, energy generation, chemical, automotive and wire manufacturing sectors. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware developmentnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesnatural sciencesmathematics Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2004-SME-COOP See other projects for this call Funding Scheme COOPERATIVE - Coordinator PROCESS SYSTEMS ENTERPRISE LIMITED EU contribution No data Address Bridge Studios, 107a Hammesmith Bridge Road LONDON United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ESTIA SIMVOULEFTIKI S.A. Greece EU contribution No data Address 1st km Thermi MAKEDONIA Airport 60649 THESSALONIKI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PLASMA IT GMBH Austria EU contribution No data Address Parkring 6 LEBRING See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PARAMETRIC OPTIMIZATION SOLUTIONS LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 1 Hammersmith Grove LONDON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INEA INFORMATIZACIJA, ENERGETIKA, AVTOMATIZACIJA D.O.O. Slovenia EU contribution No data Address Stegne 11 LJUBLJANA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AKTSIONERNOE OBSHESTVO SODRUGESTVO-T Ukraine EU contribution No data Address Krasnoznamenny per.2 off.19 KHARKIV See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Norway EU contribution No data Address Hogskoleringen 1 TRONDHEIM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Oxford Road MANCHESTER See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JOZEF STEFAN INSTITUTE Slovenia EU contribution No data Address Jamova 39 3000 LJUBLJANA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KERAMOPIIA KOTHALI SA Greece EU contribution No data Address 1st km Chryssoupolis-Eratinou CHRYSSOUPOLI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data