Distributed Control System

Distributed Control System is a control system that combines supervised control of several individual computer-based controllers in different control-loop throughout a process. In contrast to SCADA systems, the supervision of these systems tends to be on site rather than remote.

Definitions

According to the CyBOK (version 1),

Distributed Control System. A control system that combines supervised control of several individual computer-based controllers in different control-loop throughout a process. In contrast to SCADA systems, the supervision of these systems tends to be on site rather than remote.