Title: Design and implementation of robust multivariable PI-like fuzzy logic controller for aerodynamic plant

Authors: Snejana Yordanova; Elena Haralanova

Addresses: Faculty of Automation, Technical University of Sofia, 8 Kliment Ohridski Blvd., Sofia 1000, Bulgaria. ' Faculty of Automation, Technical University of Sofia, 8 Kliment Ohridski Blvd., Sofia 1000, Bulgaria

Abstract: Most modern plants are multivariable, non-linear and time-variant. Therefore, they are difficult to model and control especially when measurements are insufficient or imprecise due to variables interactions, disturbances and noise impact. A perspective model-free approach is based on fuzzy logic, which has proved efficient in ensuring both robust and economic control, employing linguistic expert knowledge in production of simple and feasible non-linear controllers that outperform their linear counterparts. The aim of this investigation and the main contributions are related to the development of a method for the design of multivariable robust fuzzy logic controllers and its implementation for the control of a laboratory-scale aerodynamic plant in real time using MATLAB.

Keywords: two-rotor aerodynamic systems; two-variable nonlinear plant; MATLAB; real time control; robust performance; fuzzy logic; fuzzy control; controller design; multivariable control; robust control.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAIP.2011.043430

International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms, 2011 Vol.3 No.3/4, pp.257 - 272

Published online: 26 Mar 2015 *

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