Book excerpt: Plant Intelligent Automation and Digital Transformation: Volume III: Control Intelligence, Networking and Communication Details is an expansive four volume collection reviewing every major aspect of the intelligent automation and digital transformation of power, process and manufacturing plants, from the specific control and automation systems pertinent to various power process plants through manufacturing and factory automation systems. The first volume, Control Intelligence, Networking and Communications reviews new and emergent control intelligence types, including those made possible by artificial intelligence, neural networks, remote control, and robotics. Control system networking and interrelated communication technologies within and external to the network are comprehensively addressed. The volume also discusses network usage and system integration through field bus as well as at network levels. - Introduces foundations of control systems, networking, and industrial data communications for power, process and manufacturing plant automation - Reviews core functions, design details and optimized configurations of plant digital control systems - Addresses advanced process control for digital control systems, inclusive of software implementations - Provides guidance for installation commissioning of control systems in working plants