Title: Control of fuzzy discrete event systems and its application to air conditioning system

Authors: Danmei Li, Weichun Lan, Hui Zhou, Shihuang Shao

Addresses: College of Information Sciences and Technology, Engineering Research Center of Digitized Textile & Fashion Technology, Ministry of Education, Donghua University, No. 2999 North Renmin Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai 201620, China. ' College of Information Sciences and Technology, Donghua University, No. 2999 North Renmin Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai 201620, China. ' School of Electronics and Information, Nantong University, No. 9 Sheyuan Road, Nantong, Jiangsu Province 226019, China. ' College of Information Sciences and Technology, Donghua University, No. 2999 North Renmin Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai 201620, China

Abstract: The non-linear, asynchronous and uncertain nature must be considered in the control of air-conditioning (AC) system as the AC systems tend to become large-scale and more complicated. In this paper, a fuzzy discrete event systems (FDES) is introduced into the AC control. A fuzzy automaton for AC system is given. A new modelling and control method is then proposed. Cost and effectiveness functions are optimised. The simulation results show that the optimal control can be better achieved using the FDES for the AC systems.

Keywords: fuzzy discrete event systems; FDES; air conditioning control; genetic algorithms; GAs; optimisation; modelling; simulation; optimal control.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2009.029024

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 2009 Vol.8 No.2, pp.122 - 129

Published online: 27 Oct 2009 *

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