Abstract
Chapters 5 and 6 illustrate that the BOXES methodology works very well in prolonging the duration of motion of a freely hinged pole that is attached to a constantly moving cart driven by a theoretically instantly reversible motor. The algorithm reads the state variables and issues one of two possible control signals connected to the motor control system thus enforcing right/left motion. There are many other dynamic systems that are controlled in a bang-bang fashion and consequently, candidates for the BOXES methodology. This chapter describes three case studies focusing on applications in which the BOXES system learns to switch a process variable on or off based on a signature table that is populated by appropriate learning laws. The applications described in this chapter are a fedbatch bioreactor, a trash to steam plant, and a system that learns to reverse a tractor trailer.
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Russell, D.W. (2012). Other On/Off Control Case Studies. In: The BOXES Methodology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-528-6_9
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