Slime Mould Algorithm-Based Tuning of Cost-Effective Fuzzy Controllers for Servo Systems

Authors

Radu-Emil Precup^{1, *,} , Radu-Codrut David^1, , Raul-Cristian Roman^1, , Emil M. Petriu^2, , Alexandra-Iulia Szedlak-Stinean^1,

¹Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Bd. V. Parvan 2, 300223 Timisoara, Romania

²School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, 800 King Edward, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada

^*Corresponding author. Email: radu.precup@aut.upt.ro

DOI

10.2991/ijcis.d.210309.001How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Low-cost fuzzy control; Optimal tuning; Position control; Servo systems; Slime Mould Algorithm

Abstract

This paper suggests five new contributions with respect to the state-of-the-art. First, the optimal tuning of cost-effective fuzzy controllers represented by Takagi–Sugeno–Kang proportional-integral fuzzy controllers (TSK PI-FCs) is carried out using a fresh metaheuristic algorithm, namely the Slime Mould Algorithm (SMA), and a fuzzy controller tuning approach is offered. Second, a relatively easily understandable formulation of SMA is offered. Third, a real-world application of SMA is given, focusing on the optimal tuning of TSK PI-FCs for nonlinear servo systems in terms of optimization problems that target the minimization of discrete-time cost functions defined as the sum of time multiplied by squared control error. Fourth, using the concept of improving the performance of metaheuristic algorithms with information feedback models, proposed by Wang and Tan, Improving metaheuristic algorithms with information feedback models, IEEE Trans. Cybern. 49 (2019), 542–555, Gu and Wang, Improving NSGA-III algorithms with information feedback models for large-scale many-objective optimization, Fut. Gen. Comput. Syst. 107 (2020), 49–69, and Zhang et al., Enhancing MOEA/D with information feedback models for large-scale many-objective optimization, Inf. Sci. 522 (2020), 1–16, new metaheuristic algorithms are introduced in terms of inserting the model F1 in SMA and other representative algorithms, namely Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA), Charged System Search (CSS), Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) and Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA). Fifth, the real-time validation of the cost-effective fuzzy controllers and their tuning approach is performed in the framework of angular position control of laboratory servo system. The comparison with other metaheuristic algorithms that solve the same optimization problem for optimal parameter tuning of cost-effective fuzzy controllers suggestively highlights the superiority of SMA. Experimental results are included.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press B.V.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Radu-Emil Precup
AU  - Radu-Codrut David
AU  - Raul-Cristian Roman
AU  - Emil M. Petriu
AU  - Alexandra-Iulia Szedlak-Stinean
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/03/16
TI  - Slime Mould Algorithm-Based Tuning of Cost-Effective Fuzzy Controllers for Servo Systems
JO  - International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems
SP  - 1042
EP  - 1052
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SN  - 1875-6883
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ijcis.d.210309.001
DO  - 10.2991/ijcis.d.210309.001
ID  - Precup2021
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