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Development of a vehicle robotic driver with intelligent control system modelling for automated standard driving-cycle tests
New road vehicles are required to undergo several specific tests to meet the requirement set by governing bodies in various markets. These tests are often carried out over specific driving-cycles. To carry out lab-based driving-cycle tests, a typical vehicle manufacturer will employ a trained driver to follow driving profiles on a chassis dynamometer. This project involves development of a robotic driver controller for the automation of dynamometer-based vehicle testing according to industry standard driving cycle tests and produce repeatable results by replacing the traditional method of employing a human driver with a robot driver. The throttle and brake pedals control systems modelling and design for automatic transmission vehicle are implemented, with Fuzzy model reference adaptive control (Fuzzy MRAC) as the main controller. The vehicle model was developed using black-box modelling approach where simulations are performed based on real-time data and processed using Matlab System Identification tool. The Fuzzy MRAC was then designed within the simulations to attain the driving performance. The vehicle model response was sent as feedback to the robotic DC linear actuator motor which was modelled based on DC linear actuator motor design specification. The results obtained from simulation and modelling experiment were discussed and compared. The performed work concludes that system identification modelling with best fit accuracy of 79.93% can be applied in Fuzzy MRAC to ensure smooth and accurate vehicle driving pattern behavior even when the leading vehicle exhibits highly dynamic speed behavior during driving-cycle test. The performance of the vehicle model has shown an average 0.07 MSE for the throttle system and 0.008 MSE for the brake system of the vehicle model
A type-2 fuzzy modelling framework for aircraft taxi-time prediction
Knowing aircraft taxi-time precisely a-priori is increasingly important for any airport management system. This work presents a new approach for estimating and characterising the taxi-time of an aircraft based on historical information. The approach makes use of the interval type-2 fuzzy logic system, which provides more robustness and accuracy than the conventional type-1 fuzzy system. To compensate for erroneous modelling assumptions, the error distribution of the model is further analysed and an error compensation strategy is developed. Results, when tested on a real data set for Manchester Airport (U.K.), show improved taxi-time accuracy and generalisation capability over a wide range of modelling assumptions when compared with existing fuzzy systems and linear regression-based methods
Learning of Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems using Simulated Annealing.
This thesis reports the work of using simulated annealing to design more efficient fuzzy logic systems to model problems with associated uncertainties. Simulated annealing is
used within this work as a method for learning the best configurations of type-1 and
type-2 fuzzy logic systems to maximise their modelling ability. Therefore, it presents
the combination of simulated annealing with three models, type-1 fuzzy logic systems,
interval type-2 fuzzy logic systems and general type-2 fuzzy logic systems to model
four bench-mark problems including real-world problems. These problems are: noise-free
Mackey-Glass time series forecasting, noisy Mackey-Glass time series forecasting
and two real world problems which are: the estimation of the low voltage electrical
line length in rural towns and the estimation of the medium voltage electrical line
maintenance cost. The type-1 and type-2 fuzzy logic systems models are compared in
their abilities to model uncertainties associated with these problems. Also, issues related
to this combination between simulated annealing and fuzzy logic systems including
type-2 fuzzy logic systems are discussed.
The thesis contributes to knowledge by presenting novel contributions. The first is
a novel approach to design interval type-2 fuzzy logic systems using the simulated
annealing algorithm. Another novelty is related to the first automatic design of general
type-2 fuzzy logic system using the vertical slice representation and a novel method
to overcome some parametrisation difficulties when learning general type-2 fuzzy logic
systems. The work shows that interval type-2 fuzzy logic systems added more abilities
to modelling information and handling uncertainties than type-1 fuzzy logic systems but
with a cost of more computations and time. For general type-2 fuzzy logic systems, the
clear conclusion that learning the third dimension can add more abilities to modelling
is an important advance in type-2 fuzzy logic systems research and should open the
doors for more promising research and practical works on using general type-2 fuzzy
logic systems to modelling applications despite the more computations associated with
it
Modelling of the automatic stabilization system of the aircraft course by a fuzzy logic method
The problem of the present paper concerns the development of a fuzzy model of the system of an aircraft course stabilization. In this work modelling of the aircraft course stabilization system with the application of fuzzy logic is specified. Thus the authors have used the data taken for an ordinary passenger plane. As a result of the study the stabilization system models were realised in the environment of Matlab package Simulink on the basis of the PID-regulator and fuzzy logic. The authors of the paper have shown that the use of the method of artificial intelligence allows reducing the time of regulation to 1, which is 50 times faster than the time when standard receptions of the management theory are used. This fact demonstrates a positive influence of the use of fuzzy regulation
A fuzzy approach for discrete event systems recovery.
International audienceA fuzzy approach for modelling and analysing the recovery activities in discrete event systems is presented. Those essential components of the management of discrete event systems require special reasoning and methods to manage uncertain knowledge. For those purposes, we introduce a tool derived from the fuzzy Petri nets. This tool, inspired from the fault tree, generalizes the defects analysis by a temporal fuzzy approach. The recovery, modelled by a dedicated tool, preserves the fuzzy temporal aspect due to a real time information exchange mechanism provied by the monitoring system
Simulated Design of Water Level Control System
In this paper, the modelling and simulation of a water tank level controller using fuzzy logic approach has been achieved. This project is aimed at the design and simulation of a fuzzy logic based controller that will provide a stabilized output response. In order to successfully achieve this project, emphasis was made on two areas; the foundational knowledge of fuzzy logic and the fuzzy inference system, and the definition of the tank system model and its parameters. The design was implemented using Fuzzy Logic Toolbox package and SIMULINK environment which can be found in MATLAB software. For the purpose of analysis, the controller was simulated using a variety of rules in order to test the effect of the rules on the fuzzy logic controller. Results will show that fuzzy logic can realize faster results, superior features, and better end product performance with respect to overshoots, oscillations and response time. Keywords: Fuzzy logic, Control System Design, Matlab, Simulin
Analysing imperfect temporal information in GIS using the Triangular Model
Rough set and fuzzy set are two frequently used approaches for modelling and reasoning about imperfect time intervals. In this paper, we focus on imperfect time intervals that can be modelled by rough sets and use an innovative graphic model [i.e. the triangular model (TM)] to represent this kind of imperfect time intervals. This work shows that TM is potentially advantageous in visualizing and querying imperfect time intervals, and its analytical power can be better exploited when it is implemented in a computer application with graphical user interfaces and interactive functions. Moreover, a probabilistic framework is proposed to handle the uncertainty issues in temporal queries. We use a case study to illustrate how the unique insights gained by TM can assist a geographical information system for exploratory spatio-temporal analysis
Mathematical modelling of mass transfer in a multi-stage rotating disc contactor column
In this study, the development of an improved forward and inverse models for the mass transfer process in the Rotating Disc Contactor (RDC) column were carried out. The existing mass transfer model with constant boundary condition does not accurately represent the mass transfer process. Thus, a time-varying boundary condition was formulated and consequently the new fractional approach to equilibrium was derived. This derivation initiated the formulation of the modified quadratic driving force, called Time-dependent Quadratic Driving Force (TQDF). Based on this formulation, a Mass Transfer of A Single Drop (MTASD) Algorithm was designed, followed by a more realistic Mass Transfer of Multiple Drops (MTMD) Algorithm which was later refined to become another algorithm named the Mass Transfer Steady State (MTSS) Algorithm. The improved forward models, consisting of a system of multivariate equations, successfully calculate the amount of mass transfer from the continuous phase to the dispersed phase and was validated by the simulation results. The multivariate system is further simplified as the Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system of a functional from a space of functions to a plane. This system serves as the basis for the inverse models of the mass transfer process in which fuzzy approach was used in solving the problems. In particular, two dimensional fuzzy number concept and the pyramidal membership functions were adopted along with the use of a triangular plane as the induced output parameter. A series of algorithms in solving the inverse problem were then developed corresponding to the forward models. This eventually brought the study to the implementation of the Inverse Single Drop Multistage (ISDMS)-2D Fuzzy Algorithm on the Mass Transfer of Multiple Drops in Multistage System. This new modelling approach gives useful information and provides a faster tool for decision-makers in determining the optimal input parameter for mas
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