Computer aided tuning tool for fuzzy controllers

The authors describe a procedure related to fuzzy controller tuning. The target is reached through an interactive procedure based on largely confirmed linearization and optimization methods aimed at maintaining the process physical image. A real application example shows how by linearization and optimization it is possible to design and tune fuzzy controllers that are dedicated to closed-loop control of ill-defined nonlinear mechanical processes. It is also shown that it is possible to avoid trial and error procedures that cannot give a good validation of the result