Data-driven robust control of the plasma rotational transform profile and normalized beta dynamics for advanced tokamak scenarios in DIII-D

Shi, W.; Wehner, W. P.; Barton, J. E.; Boyer, M. D.; Schuster, E.; Moreau, D.; Walker, M. L.; Ferron, J. R.; Luce, T. C.; Humphreys, D. A.; Penaflor, B. G.; Johnson, R. D.

doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.01.003

Title: Data-driven robust control of the plasma rotational transform profile and normalized beta dynamics for advanced tokamak scenarios in DIII-D

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Authors:: Shi, W.; Wehner, W. P.; Barton, J. E.; Boyer, M. D.; Schuster, E.; Moreau, D.; Walker, M. L.; Ferron, J. R.; Luce, T. C.; Humphreys, D. A.; Penaflor, B. G.; Johnson, R. D.

Publication Date:: Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1398612

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-09ER55064

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Fusion Engineering and Design

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Fusion Engineering and Design Journal Volume: 117 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0920-3796

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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                    Shi, W., Wehner, W. P., Barton, J. E., Boyer, M. D., Schuster, E., Moreau, D., Walker, M. L., Ferron, J. R., Luce, T. C., Humphreys, D. A., Penaflor, B. G., and Johnson, R. D. Data-driven robust control of the plasma rotational transform profile and normalized beta dynamics for advanced tokamak scenarios in DIII-D.  Netherlands: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Shi, W., Wehner, W. P., Barton, J. E., Boyer, M. D., Schuster, E., Moreau, D., Walker, M. L., Ferron, J. R., Luce, T. C., Humphreys, D. A., Penaflor, B. G., & Johnson, R. D. Data-driven robust control of the plasma rotational transform profile and normalized beta dynamics for advanced tokamak scenarios in DIII-D.  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.01.003

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                    Shi, W., Wehner, W. P., Barton, J. E., Boyer, M. D., Schuster, E., Moreau, D., Walker, M. L., Ferron, J. R., Luce, T. C., Humphreys, D. A., Penaflor, B. G., and Johnson, R. D. Sat .  
"Data-driven robust control of the plasma rotational transform profile and normalized beta dynamics for advanced tokamak scenarios in DIII-D".  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.01.003.

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  title        = {Data-driven robust control of the plasma rotational transform profile and normalized beta dynamics for advanced tokamak scenarios in DIII-D},

  author       = {Shi, W. and Wehner, W. P. and Barton, J. E. and Boyer, M. D. and Schuster, E. and Moreau, D. and Walker, M. L. and Ferron, J. R. and Luce, T. C. and Humphreys, D. A. and Penaflor, B. G. and Johnson, R. D.},

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  doi          = {10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.01.003},

  journal      = {Fusion Engineering and Design},

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  year         = {Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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