Robust PID controllers by Taguchi's method

TQM Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 456-466

  Vlachogiannis, John G ^a   Roy, Ranjit K ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

^b Nutek   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimization techniques; Process control; Taguchi methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROCESS CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

COST SAVINGS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL DERIVATIVE (PID) CONTROLLERS; TAGUCHI METHODS;

PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 24944555389     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780510615951     Document Type: Article

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