An adaptive pattern based nonlinear PID controller

This paper presents a nonlinear proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller, combining a pattern based adaptive algorithm to cope with the problem of tuning the controller, and an associative memory to store the parameters, according to different operating conditions. The simplicity of the algorithm enables its implementation in current programmable logic controller technology. Several real-time experiments, carried out in a pressurized tank, illustrate the performance of the proposed controller.