I am currently enrolled in a 3-year technical program at a collegiate institution. This is my last year. I also work in a co-op fashion for an integrator. During work and my studies I have noticed that the most interesting parts of the job for me have been programming and process control. Particularly, I am doing this process strategies class right now that I really enjoy.
I would go on to study the subject further in university but unfortunately, that is impossible for me due to financial constraints. So this is as far as I can go in my formal education. I start with an understanding of processes pretty similar to Jacques Smuts' book, Process Control for Practitioners (the class I wrote about is very similar in scope and content). As for mathematics, I know just enough calculus to know what a derivative and an integral are, and I know the basic rules to solve them, but that's about it (so I do not know very much calculus at all). We never went any farther with those than something like i = CdV/dt. So I guess that's where I'd need to start.
I'm pretty handy at teaching myself with the right resources. The trick is finding those resources. It seems I would need a much better understanding of differential equations and linear algebra than I have now before being able to understand formal process theory texts and lectures so I would start there before delving into formal control theory.
So I am wondering if any of you good folks have resources or ideas that would allow me to progress bit by bit in my understanding of process control theory, either in the required maths for the immediate or control texts for later. I am willing to spend a fair amount of money on this. I am bilingual in French and English so resources in either language are welcome.
Thank you very much for any help!
I would go on to study the subject further in university but unfortunately, that is impossible for me due to financial constraints. So this is as far as I can go in my formal education. I start with an understanding of processes pretty similar to Jacques Smuts' book, Process Control for Practitioners (the class I wrote about is very similar in scope and content). As for mathematics, I know just enough calculus to know what a derivative and an integral are, and I know the basic rules to solve them, but that's about it (so I do not know very much calculus at all). We never went any farther with those than something like i = CdV/dt. So I guess that's where I'd need to start.
I'm pretty handy at teaching myself with the right resources. The trick is finding those resources. It seems I would need a much better understanding of differential equations and linear algebra than I have now before being able to understand formal process theory texts and lectures so I would start there before delving into formal control theory.
So I am wondering if any of you good folks have resources or ideas that would allow me to progress bit by bit in my understanding of process control theory, either in the required maths for the immediate or control texts for later. I am willing to spend a fair amount of money on this. I am bilingual in French and English so resources in either language are welcome.
Thank you very much for any help!