Fuzzy control in process automation†

Fuzzy logic provides an extremely practical method of incorporating empirical process knowledge and linguistically formulated control strategies appropriately into process automation applications. This potential makes fuzzy logic controllers attractive for a wide range of industrial processes. In view of its significant appeal, the obvious way of implementing practical fuzzy control solutions quickly and successfully is by integrating the fuzzy functions into existing systems and providing software tools for support. A universal fuzzy function block concept is introduced which gives process control systems comfortable access to the world of fuzzy logic. The three new function blocks FUZ, RULE and DFUZ enable fuzzy logic to be integrated into existing system environments flexibly and with a high degree of acceptance. Combined with the fuzzy tool SIFLOC TM, these software blocks form a powerful enhancement to conventional control systems for a large number of tasks that have hitherto evaded satisfactory solution. Pilot installations in a variety of process engineering applications have already proved, with impressive results, that fuzzy logic considerably enhances the quality and functionality of a PLC/process control system.     

An expert system for aided design of ship systems automation

The paper presents a structure and functions of an expert system for aided design of ship systems automation. The system was developed on basis of a detailed analysis of the design process of ship systems automation. The system includes: knowledge bases regarding methods and procedures of ship systems automation design, databases of automated objects, control devices and elements, requirements of classification societies, and a subsystem for simulation investigations co-operating with the Matlab Simulink package and a knowledge base. In the creation of the system the shell expert system Exsys Developer was used. This system is characterised by a rule-oriented representation of knowledge, backward and forward chaining inference methods, various confidence modes to handle uncertain reasoning including fuzzy logic, and possibility of co-operation with other software and databases. The databases were made using the MS Access software.     

A design for a class of nonlinear systems with delay time using fuzzy logic

 The goal of this paper is to design a controller for a class of nonlinear systems with delay time using fuzzy logic. The control scheme considered in this paper integrates a fuzzy component and a sliding control component. In the former, the fuzzy system can be considered as a universal approximator to approximate the unknown functions in plant. In the latter, a variable structure control with a sector guarantees the global stability of the closed-loop system when a variable, involving tracking error, travels outside of the sector. The adaptive laws to adjust the parameters in the system are developed based on the Lyapunov synthesis approach. It is shown that the proposed adaptive controller guarantees tracking error, between the outputs of the considered system and desired␣values, to be asymptotical in decay.     

Adaptive fuzzy control of MIMO nonlinear systems with fuzzy dead zones

In this paper, the problem of adaptive fuzzy tracking control is investigated for a class of multi-input multi-output nonlinear systems with fuzzy dead zones. The virtual control gain functions and uncertain functions considered in the studied system are all unknown. Fuzzy logic systems are employed to approximate the unknown functions. With the combination of adaptive backstepping design technique and dynamic surface control method, the problem caused by differentiating nonlinear functions repeatedly is avoided. Furthermore, only one adaptive parameter needs to be updated online for each subsystem, which reduces the computation burden considerably. The presented controller not only guarantees the desired control performance, but also guarantees the boundedness of all closed-loop signals. Simulation results are shown to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.     

Adaptive fuzzy decentralized output feedback control for stochastic nonlinear large‐scale systems using DSC technique

In this paper, an adaptive fuzzy decentralized backstepping output feedback control approach is proposed for a class of uncertain large‐scale stochastic nonlinear systems without the measurements of the states. The fuzzy logic systems are used to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions, and a fuzzy state observer is designed for estimating the unmeasured states. Using the designed fuzzy state observer, and by combining the adaptive backstepping technique with dynamic surface control technique, an adaptive fuzzy decentralized output feedback control approach is developed. It is shown that the proposed control approach can guarantee that all the signals of the resulting closed‐loop system are semi‐globally uniformly ultimately bounded in probability, and the observer errors and the output of the system converge to a small neighborhood of the origin by choosing appropriate design parameters. A simulation example is provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed approaches. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A novel fuzzy logic system based on N-version programming

For the consideration of different application systems, modeling the fuzzy logic rule, and deciding the shape of membership functions are very critical issues due to they play key roles in the design of fuzzy logic control system. This paper proposes a novel design methodology of fuzzy logic control system using the neural network and fault-tolerant approaches. The connectionist architecture with the learning capability of neural network and N-version programming development of a fault-tolerant technique are implemented in the proposed fuzzy logic control system. In other words, this research involves the modeling of parameterized membership functions and the partition of fuzzy linguistic variables using neural networks trained by the unsupervised learning algorithms. Based on the self-organizing algorithm, the membership function and partition of fuzzy class are not only derived automatically, but also the preconditions of fuzzy IF-THEN rules are organized. We also provide two examples, pattern recognition and tendency prediction, to demonstrate that the proposed system has a higher computational performance and its parallel architecture supports noise-tolerant capability. This generalized scheme is very satisfactory for pattern recognition and tendency prediction problems     

一类严格反馈非线性系统的间接自适应模糊控制

针对一类不确定严格反馈非线性系统,设计了间接自适应模糊控制方法．该方法用模糊逻辑系统逼近设计过程中的未知函数,基于时变宽度死区对模糊逻辑系统中的未知参数进行自适应调节,并对时变死区宽度设计了自适应律．证明了该方法能使闭环系统的所有信号有界,且可使跟踪误差收敛到原点的小邻域内．仿真算例验证了该方法的有效性．     

Adaptive fuzzy backstepping output feedback control of nonlinear time-delay systems with unknown high-frequency gain sign

In this paper, an adaptive fuzzy robust feedback control approach is proposed for a class of single-input and single-output (SISO) strict-feedback nonlinear systems with unknown nonlinear functions, time delays, unknown high-frequency gain sign, and without the measurements of the states. In the backstepping recursive design, fuzzy logic systems are employed to approximate the unknown smooth nonlinear functions, K-filters is designed to estimate the unmeasured states, and Nussbaum gain functions are introduced to solve the problem of unknown sign of high-frequency gain. By combining adaptive fuzzy control theory and adaptive backstepping design, a stable adaptive fuzzy output feedback control scheme is developed. It has been proven that the proposed adaptive fuzzy robust control approach can guarantee that all the signals of the closed-loop system are uniformly ultimately bounded and the tracking error can converge to a small neighborhood of the origin by appropriately choosing design parameters. Simulation results have shown the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Fuzzy Constrained Min-Max Model Predictive Control Based on Piecewise Lyapunov Functions

This paper proposes two novel stable fuzzy model predictive controllers based on piecewise Lyapunov functions and the min-max optimization of a quasi-worst case infinite horizon objective function. The main idea is to design state feedback control laws that minimize the worst case objective function based on fuzzy model prediction, and thus to obtain the optimal transient control performance, which is of great importance in industrial process control. Moreover, in both of these predictive controllers, piecewise Lyapunov functions have been used in order to reduce the conservatism of those existent predictive controllers based on common Lyapunov functions. It is shown that the asymptotic stability of the resulting closed-loop discrete-time fuzzy predictive control systems can be established by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities. Moreover, the controller designs of the closed-loop control systems with desired decay rate and input constraints are also considered. Simulations on a numerical example and a highly nonlinear benchmark system are presented to demonstrate the performance of the proposed fuzzy predictive controllers.     

Fuzzy logical control based on optical information technologies

This paper is concerned with one problem in creating intellectual control systems: methods and design tools of fuzzy logical devices for building modern efficient and reliable control systems in poorly formalized problems and ill-structured problem domains. Flaws of the available microprocessor devices for fuzzy information processing are indicated and alternative design principles of fuzzy logic control systems based on high-speed spatially distributed wave guide optical structures are considered based on an example of an opto-electronic dephaser. High-speed spatially distributed wave guide optical structures are shown as being advantageous for solving the scientific and engineering problems for developing new design methods of fuzzy logical devices with enhanced technical characteristics for implementation of fuzzy logical control.     

New approaches to relaxed stabilization conditions and H-infinity control designs for T-S fuzzy systems

This paper focuses on the problem of fuzzy control for a class of continuous-time T-S fuzzy systems.New methods of stabilization design and H infinity control are derived based on a relaxed approach in...     

Fuzzy adaptive high-gain-based observer backstepping control for SISO nonlinear systems

In this paper, a new fuzzy adaptive control approach is developed for a class of SISO strict-feedback nonlinear systems, in which the nonlinear functions are unknown and the states are not available for feedback. By fuzzy logic systems to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions, a fuzzy adaptive high-gain observer is designed to estimate the unmeasured states. Under the framework of the backstepping design, fuzzy adaptive output feedback control is constructed recursively. It is shown that the proposed fuzzy adaptive control approach guarantees the semi-global boundedness property for all the signals of the resulting closed-loop system. Simulation results are included to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed techniques.     

一种非线性系统的模糊自适应控制

针对一类非线性系统提出一种模糊自适应控制方案，设计中用模糊逻辑系统逼近非线性函数，骨于滑模原理及Ｌｙａｐｕｎｏｖ函数方法给出了闭环系统的稳定性分析。     

模糊相容图

本文提出了模糊开关函数极小化的新方法,建立了一种模糊相容图,用它求函数的极小覆 盖,既不用模糊本原蕴含总集,也不要分解短语,可有效地用于多变量函数的模糊逻辑开关系 统或连续逻辑开关系统的设计.     

Adaptive fuzzy control for unknown nonlinear time-delay systems with virtual control functions

In this paper, adaptive fuzzy control is presented for a class of unknown nonlinear timedelay systems with virtual control functions. By employing fuzzy logic systems and the technique of delay replacement, dynamic surface control (DSC) design approach can be carried out with both unknown delay signals and nonlinearities. This is different from the existing results, which are used to make limitations on the time-delays. It is proved that the proposed design method is able to guarantee semiglobal uniform ultimate boundedness (SGUUB) of all signals in the closed-loop system, with arbitrary small tracking error by appropriately choosing design constants.     

Interval type-2 fuzzy inverse controller design in nonlinear IMC structure

In the recent years it has been demonstrated that type-2 fuzzy logic systems are more effective in modeling and control of complex nonlinear systems compared to type-1 fuzzy logic systems. An inverse controller based on type-2 fuzzy model can be proposed since inverse model controllers provide an efficient way to control nonlinear processes. Even though various fuzzy inversion methods have been devised for type-1 fuzzy logic systems up to now, there does not exist any method for type-2 fuzzy logic systems. In this study, a systematic method has been proposed to form the inverse of the interval type-2 Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model based on a pure analytical method. The calculation of inverse model is done based on simple manipulations of the antecedent and consequence parts of the fuzzy model. Moreover, the type-2 fuzzy model and its inverse as the primary controller are embedded into a nonlinear internal model control structure to provide an effective and robust control performance. Finally, the proposed control scheme has been implemented on an experimental pH neutralization process where the beneficial sides are shown clearly.     

一类严格反馈系统变比例增益精确微分补偿控制

针对包含不确定函数和未知外部扰动的一类严格反馈型非线性系统,提出基于精确扰动观测器的变比例增益自适应模糊控制器.系统中的未知不确定函数由模糊逻辑系统在线逼近,同时将模糊逻辑系统的逼近误差和未知外部扰动定义为总扰动,利用精确扰动观测器进行精确微分补偿控制. 将非线性函数应用于设计可调节的输出反馈增益,有效消除系统的稳态误差,使得系统跟踪误差可以控制在零的任意小邻域内.最后,通过Lyapunov定理证明闭环系统中所有信号均是有界的.数值仿真表明了所提出方案的有效性.     

Handling imprecision and uncertainty in software development effort prediction: A type-2 fuzzy logic based framework

Traditional approaches for software projects effort prediction such as the use of mathematical formulae derived from historical data, or the use of experts judgments are plagued with issues pertaining to effectiveness and robustness in their results. These issues are more pronounced when these effort prediction approaches are used during the early phases of the software development lifecycle, for example requirements development, whose effort predictors along with their relationships to effort are characterized as being even more imprecise and uncertain than those of later development phases, for example design. Recent works have demonstrated promising results using approaches based on fuzzy logic. Effort prediction systems that use fuzzy logic can deal with imprecision; they, however, can not deal with uncertainty. This paper presents an effort prediction framework that is based on type-2 fuzzy logic to allow handling imprecision and uncertainty inherent in the information available for effort prediction. Evaluation experiments have shown the framework to be promising.     

Limit-cycle prediction of a fuzzy control system based ondescribing function method

A limit-cycle is the phenomenon that can be observed in systems composed of nonlinear elements. The phenomenon is of fundamental importance in nonlinear systems and, as far as the design of a nonlinear system is concerned, it should be considered along with the stability analysis. In the paper, the limit-cycle of a system controlled by a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) is addressed via some of the classical control techniques used to analyze nonlinear systems in the frequency domain. First, reasonable assumptions are made on the structure of the FLC by using fuzzy basis functions (FBFs) and the describing function of the FLC is derived to analyze and predict the existence of the limit-cycle of the closed-loop system including the FLC. Finally computer simulation is performed to show how the analysis given in the paper is used to predict the existence of the limit-cycle of the fuzzy control system     

Adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control of nonlinear system

In this paper, the fuzzy approximator and sliding mode control (SMC) scheme are considered. We propose two methods of adaptive SMC schemes that the fuzzy logic systems (approximators) are used to approximate the unknown system functions in designing the SMC of nonlinear system. In the first method, a fuzzy logic system is utilized to approximate the unknown function f of the nonlinear system xⁿ⁼ f(x, t)+b(x, t)u and the robust adaptive law is proposed to reduce the approximation errors between the true nonlinear functions and fuzzy approximators. In the second method, two fuzzy logic systems are utilized to approximate the f and b, respectively, and the control law, which is robust to approximation error is also designed. The stabilities of proposed control schemes are proved and these schemes are applied to an inverted pendulum system. The comparisons between the proposed control schemes are shown in simulations