title: Integration of multiple sensor fusion in controller design.
abstract: The main focus of this research is to reduce the risk of a catastrophic response of a feedback control system when some of the feedback data from the system sensors are not reliable, while maintaining a reasonable performance of the control system. In this paper a methodology for integrating multiple sensor fusion into the controller design is presented. The multiple sensor fusion algorithm produces, in addition to the estimate of the measurand, a parameter that measures the confidence in the estimated value. This confidence is integrated as a parameter into the controller to produce fast system response when the confidence in the estimate is high, and a slow response when the confidence in the estimate is low. Conditions for the stability of the system with the developed controller are discussed. This methodology is demonstrated on a cupola furnace model. The simulations illustrate the advantages of the new methodology.
authors.affiliation: ECE Department, Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, Tennessee 38505-5004, USA. mabdelrahman@tntech.edu
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdelrahman
authors.forename: Parameshwaran
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kandasamy
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D005246:Feedback; D016014:Linear Models; D011786:Quality Control; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018511:Systems Integration; D014159:Transducers