Journal of Control Science and Engineering
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 152030, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/152030
Research Article

Design and Assessment of a Multiple Sensor Fault Tolerant Robust Control System

S.S. Yang1 and J. Chen2

1Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
2School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK

Received 29 December 2006; Revised 21 September 2007; Accepted 12 December 2007

Academic Editor: Jakob Stoustrup

Copyright © 2008 S.S. Yang and J. Chen. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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