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Simulation study with minimised additional data requirements to analyse control and operation of WWTP Dorsten,

J Alex1, M Hetschel, M Ogurek

  • 1ifak, Institut fu r Automation und Kommunikation, Magdeburg, Germany. jens.alex@ifak.eu

Water Science and Technology : a Journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
|September 18, 2009
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