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The 2012 IFAC Control Benchmark: An Industrial Boiler Process

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Controller Tuning with Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization

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In this chapter, a multiobjective optimization design procedure is applied to the multivariable version of the Boiler Control Problem, defined in 2nd IFAC Conference on Advances in PID Control, 2012. The chapter follows a realistic approach, closer to industrial practices: a nominal linear model will be identified and afterwards a constrained multiobjective problem with 5 design objectives will be stated. Such objectives will deal with overall robust stability, settling time performance and noise sensitivity. After approximating the Pareto Front and performing a multicriteria decision-making stage, the selected control system will be tested using the original nonlinear model.

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Reynoso Meza, G., Blasco Ferragud, X., Sanchis Saez, J., Herrero Durá, J.M. (2017). The 2012 IFAC Control Benchmark: An Industrial Boiler Process. In: Controller Tuning with Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization. Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, vol 85. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41301-3_9

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