The Design of a Novel Hierarchical Multivariable Fuzzy Controller

To treat the difficulties in the design of MIMO fuzzy controller, which arise as high dimensional rule bases and the acquirement of the membership functions and rules, a novel hierarchical fuzzy logical controller (NHFLC) is presented in this paper. Based on the proposed controller, empirical information and expert knowledge about the process are not needed, and the total number of rules is drastically decreased. Genetic algorithm is used to obtain the fuzzy control strategies for the NHFLC. The simulation results show the proposed NHFLC has better dynamic performance and robust stability than the conventional MIMO fuzzy controller.