| Abstract: | A full-envelope controller for nonlinear systems is developed based on a novel model-based fuzzy logic control (MBFLC) approach. This approach envisages a bank of linear compensators, with each compensator optimized for a different operating point throughout the operational envelope. The fuzzy logic module properly blends the compensator outputs into a composite control signal, and avoids instability when none of the individual compensators are valid. In general practice, in the strongly nonlinear system under consideration, the fuzzy element of the MBFLC dominates due to the extremely small regions of validity of perturbation models of the strongly nonlinear plant. The MBFLC, with the composite control input smoothed by a linear compensator, provides full-envelope control of the benchmark plant. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This paper was produced under the auspices of the US Government and it is therefore not subject to copyright in the US. |
