Towards Systematic Design of General Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Controllers: Analysis, Interpretation, and Tuning


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Sakalli A., Kumbasar T., Mendel J. M.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS, cilt.29, sa.2, ss.226-239, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/tfuzz.2020.3016034
  • Dergi Adı: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Computer & Applied Sciences, INSPEC, Metadex, zbMATH, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.226-239
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Sensitivity, Shape, Tuning, Fuzzy logic, Robustness, Fuzzy sets, Systematics, General type-2 fuzzy logic controllers (GT2-FLCs), secondary membership function (SMF), systematic design, type-2 fuzzy sets (FSs)
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article aims to provide a new perspective on how the deployment of general type-2 (GT2) fuzzy sets affects the mapping of a class of fuzzy logic controllers (FLCs). It is shown that an alpha-plane represented a GT2-FLC is easily designed via baseline type-1 and interval type-2 FLCs and two design parameters (DPs). The DPs are the total number of alpha planes and the tuning parameter of the secondary membership function that are interpreted as sensitivity and shape DPs, respectively. We provide a clear understanding and interpretation of the sensitivity and shape DPs on controller performance through various comparative analyses. We present design approaches on how to tune the shape DP by providing a tradeoff between robustness and performance. We also propose two online scheduling mechanisms to tune the shape DP. We explore the effect of the sensitivity DP on the GT2-FLC and provide practical insights on how to tune the sensitivity DP. We present an algorithm for tuning the sensitivity DP that provides a compromise between computational time and sensitivity. We validate our analyses, interpretations, and design methods with experimental results conducted on a drone. We believe that this article provides clear explanations on the role of DPs on the performance, robustness, sensitivity, and computational time of GT2-FLCs.