Use of genetic algorithms for optimization in digital control of dynamic systems

  • Authors:
  • Rajeshwar Prasad Srivastava

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Towson State University, Towson, MD

  • Venue:
  • CSC '92 Proceedings of the 1992 ACM annual conference on Communications
  • Year:
  • 1992

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Abstract

This paper presents a method to optimize proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control parameters, given a discrete model of the controlled process. This method is based on Holland's genetic algorithm (GA). It does not require a mathematical model of the controller to represent its dynamic behavior. It gives a solution that is not only optimal but also meets engineering constraints. Genetic algorithms do a global search without derivatives for points in a multi-dimensional search space. This method works for non-linear as well as linear systems. The objective function of the GA is based on the integrated product of time and absolute error (ITAE). The performance of the GA is compared to that of the other optimization methods. The results show that it is simple and effective.