Design of a Data-Driven Multi PID Controllers using Ensemble Learning and VRFT

Abstract

Data-driven control has been proposed for directly calculating control parameters using experimental data. Specifically, the Virtual Reference Feedback Tuning (VRFT) has been proposed for linear time-invariant systems. In the field of machine learning, the ensemble learning was proposed to improve the accuracy of prediction by using multiple learners. In this study, a design scheme of data-driven controllers using the ensemble learning and VRFT is newly proposed for linear time-varying systems. The ensemble learning can divide the linear time-varying system into some sections that can be regarded locally as linear time-invariant systems.