title: A simplified type-2 fuzzy logic controller for real-time control.
abstract: Increasingly, genetic algorithms (GAs) are used to optimize the parameters of fuzzy logic controllers (FLCs). Although GAs provide a systematic design approach, the optimization process is generally performed off-line using a plant model. Differences between the model and physical plant may result in unsatisfactory control performance when the FLCs are deployed in practice. Type-2 FLCs are an attractive alternative because they can better cope with modeling uncertainties. Unfortunately, type-2 FLCs are computationally intensive. This paper presents a simplified type-2 FLC that is suitable for real-time applications. The key idea is to only replace some critical type-1 fuzzy sets by type-2 sets. Experimental results indicate that the proposed simplified type-2 FLC is as robust as a conventional type-2 FLC, while lowering the computational cost.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4, Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576, Singapore. wwtan@nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: Dongrui
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Woei Wan
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Tan