Faculty: Dr. P.A. Taylor 

Dr. Paul Taylor

Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemical Engineering

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

office: ITC 202
email: taylorpa@mcmaster.ca
voice: (905) 525-9140 ext. 24952

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.