TY - JOUR T1 - Robust PI Control Design: A Genetic Algorithm Approach AU - , Saeed Tavakoli AU - , Ian Griffin AU - , Peter J. Fleming JO - International Journal of Soft Computing VL - 2 IS - 3 SP - 401 EP - 407 PY - 2007 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-9503 DO - ijscomp.2007.401.407 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijscomp.2007.401.407 KW - Robust KW -GAs KW -design KW -genetic KW -load KW -PI AB - Control design goals can smartly be achieved using numerical optimisation methods such as Genetic Algorithms (GAs). Using GAs, an efficient numerical method to obtain robust PI tuning formulae for first order plus dead time processes is presented in this study. The design method is based on optimal load disturbance rejection. In order to obtain a robust controller, a constraint on the maximum sensitivity is used. In addition, the design method deals with setpoint response through setpoint weighting. The design procedure has 2 main steps. In the first step, PI controller parameters are determined such that the IAE criterion to a load disturbance step is minimized and the robustness constraint on maximum sensitivity is satisfied. In the second step, good setpoint regulation is achieved by using a two-degree of freedom control scheme. In order to show the performance and effectiveness of the proposed tuning formulae, they are applied to 2 simulation examples. ER -