On-line PID tuning for engine idle-speed control using continuous action reinforcement learning automata

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-154

  Howell, M N ^a   Best, M C ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engine idle speed control; Intelligent control; Learning automata; PID (three term) control

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SPEED CONTROL; TUNING;

CONTINUOUS ACTION REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AUTOMATA (CARLA); ENGINE IDLE-SPEED CONTROL;

THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033895635     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0967-0661(99)00141-0     Document Type: Article

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