Design of Digital PID Controllers using Particle Swarm Optimization: A Video Based Teaching Experiment

Abstract The use of videos is a valuable and powerful tool which may significantly contribute to change and improve teaching and learning methods. Lecturers can made their own videos addressing specific topics suitable to fulfill their student’s needs. These videos can address control engineering syllabus as well as complementary topics. This paper proposes using video as a tool to introduce the particle swarm optimization algorithm to students within a digital PID control simulation experiment. The experience preliminary results and feedback received from students are quite positive.

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