a Departmento de Ingenierífa Qufímica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306, Santiago 22, Chile
b Departmento de Ingeniería Qufímica, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 53-C, Correo 3, Concepción, Chile
Abstract:
Recent advances in the theory and practice of process control in the context of applications in the food industry are reviewed. In particular, an overview is given of developments in adaptive control, predictive control, neural networks applications and other new relevant developments. The problems associated wth control of food processing are also addressed.