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Indirect adaptive fuzzy controllers

Indirect adaptive fuzzy controllers
Indirect adaptive fuzzy controllers
Many classical control methods are based upon assumptions of linearity and stationarity of the process to be controlled. For the case of motion control of a land vehicle in an unstructured outdoor environment these assumptions do not hold, due to complex vehicle interactions with its surroundings and time-varying environmental conditions. The large number of possible future platforms leads to the desire to produce motion controllers which are generally applicable to a wide range of vehicles with little a priori knowledge of vehicle dynamics. Intelligent, self-learning, systems promise many of the desired features for such controllers. This thesis investigates the use of intelligent controllers for autonomous land vehicle motion control. A new class of fuzzy controller, the indirect adaptive fuzzy controller is proposed as a possible solution to this problem. This controller is then developed by combining on-line adaptive modelling with model causality inversion and on-line controller design. The resulting controller is an analogue of the indirect adaptive algebraic controller. A major advantages of this method is the separation of model convergence and control loops enabling the two aspects to be analysed separately. Demonstration of this work has been achieved by a series of simulation tests using a variety of vehicle models. A conventional front wheel steer road vehicle model has been used as well as two IFAC benchmark control problems (ship autopilot and passenger bus) to investigate the properties of the controller. To test the controller with realistic demand signals, a static rule-based piloting system has also been developed. These simulations have demonstrated i) the successful control of systems with little a priori vehicle knowledge ii) ability to adapt to continuous and sudden parametric changes in the process iii) good noise rejection properties iv) good disturbance rejection properties and v) ability to adapt to stationary loop non-linearities.
Moore, C.G.
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Moore, C.G.
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Harris, Christopher
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Moore, C.G. (1992) Indirect adaptive fuzzy controllers. University of Southampton, : University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.

Record type: Thesis (Doctoral)

Abstract

Many classical control methods are based upon assumptions of linearity and stationarity of the process to be controlled. For the case of motion control of a land vehicle in an unstructured outdoor environment these assumptions do not hold, due to complex vehicle interactions with its surroundings and time-varying environmental conditions. The large number of possible future platforms leads to the desire to produce motion controllers which are generally applicable to a wide range of vehicles with little a priori knowledge of vehicle dynamics. Intelligent, self-learning, systems promise many of the desired features for such controllers. This thesis investigates the use of intelligent controllers for autonomous land vehicle motion control. A new class of fuzzy controller, the indirect adaptive fuzzy controller is proposed as a possible solution to this problem. This controller is then developed by combining on-line adaptive modelling with model causality inversion and on-line controller design. The resulting controller is an analogue of the indirect adaptive algebraic controller. A major advantages of this method is the separation of model convergence and control loops enabling the two aspects to be analysed separately. Demonstration of this work has been achieved by a series of simulation tests using a variety of vehicle models. A conventional front wheel steer road vehicle model has been used as well as two IFAC benchmark control problems (ship autopilot and passenger bus) to investigate the properties of the controller. To test the controller with realistic demand signals, a static rule-based piloting system has also been developed. These simulations have demonstrated i) the successful control of systems with little a priori vehicle knowledge ii) ability to adapt to continuous and sudden parametric changes in the process iii) good noise rejection properties iv) good disturbance rejection properties and v) ability to adapt to stationary loop non-linearities.

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Published date: 1992
Additional Information: (Some figures are missing in this electronic version.) Address: Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Organisations: University of Southampton, Southampton Wireless Group

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Local EPrints ID: 250154
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/250154
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Date deposited: 04 May 1999
Last modified: 10 Dec 2021 20:07

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Author: C.G. Moore
Thesis advisor: Christopher Harris

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