Faculty: Dr. Paul Taylor

 

Dr. TaylorProfessor Emeritus
Department of Chemical Engineering

McMaster University
1280 Main Street West, Hamilton
Ontario, Canada  L8S 4L7

email: taylorpa@mcmaster.ca

B.Sc. (University of Wales), Ph.D. (University of Wales), P.Eng.

Research Interests

My research is directed towards the application of computer control to chemical processes.

It covers three areas of expertise:

  • control theory
  • process dynamics and modelling,
  • and real- time computer applications.

All the research projects that I supervise include these three elements to a greater or
lesser extent; most projects involve industrial data in addition to simulated data, and
some projects involve direct application to full-scale units operated by one of the member
companies of the McMaster Advanced Control Consortium (MACC).

Specific areas of research:

  • multivariable control using object oriented expert systems
  • applications of neural networks and fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms
  • multrivariable process identification using closed loop data

Selected Publications

Esmaili, A., MacGregor, J.F. and Taylor, P.A., (2000), "Direct and Two-step methods
for Closed-loop Identification: a comparison of asymptotic and finite data set performance",
Journal of Process Control, 10, 525-537 

Kassidas, A., Taylor, P.A. and MacGregor, J.F., (1998), “Off-line Diagnosis of Deterministic
Faults in Continuous Dynamic Multivariable Processes using Speech Recognition Methods”,
Journal of Process Control, 8, 381-393. 

Kassidas, A., MacGregor, J.F. and Taylor, P.A., (1998), “Synchronization of Batch Trajectories
using Dynamic Time Warping”, AIChE Journal, 44, 864-875 

A. Kassidas, J.F. MacGregor and P.A. Taylor, "Fault Diagnosis in Continuous Dynamic
Processes using Speech Recognition Methods", Proc. ADCHEM'97 (Int. Fed. Aut. Control),
Banff, June 9-11, 1997 

Woods, D.R., Hrymak, A.N., Marshall, R.R, Wood, P.E., Crowe, C.M., Hoffman, T.W, Wright.
J.D., Taylor, P.A., Woodhouse, K.A. and Bouchard, C.G.K., (1997), “Developing Problem
Solving
Skills: The McMaster Problem Solving Program”, J. of Engineering Education, 86, 75-91. 

Doma, M.J., Taylor, P.A. and Vermeer, P.J., (1996), “Closed Loop Identification of MPC Models
for MIMO Processes using Genetic Algorithms and Dithering One variable at a Time”,
Computers Chem. Engng., 20, S1035-1040. 

Hugo, A.J., Taylor, P.A. and Wright, J.D., (1996), “Approximate Models for Recycle Systems”,
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 35, 485-487. 

Nelson, P.R.C., Taylor, P.A. and MacGregor, J.F., (1996), “Missing Data Methods in PCA
and PLS: Score Calculations with Incomplete Observations”, Chemometrics and Intelligent
Laboratory Systems, 35, 45-65. 

Dayal. B.S., Taylor, P.A. and MacGregor, J.F., (1994), “The Design of Experiments, Training
and Implementation of Nonlinear Controllers based on Neural Networks”, Can. J. of
Chem. Eng., 72, 1066-1079. 

Dayal. B.S, MacGregor, J.F. and Taylor P.A., (1994), “Application of Feedforward Neural
networks and Partial Least Squares Regression to Modeling Kappa Number in a
Continuous Kamyr Digester”, Pulp and Paper Canada, 95, 26-32.