From differential equations to PDC controller design via numerical transformation

This paper proposes a transformation method capable of transforming analytically given differential equations of dynamic models into Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy inference model (TS fuzzy model), whereupon various parallel distributed compensation (PDC) controller design techniques can readily be executed. Joining the transformation method and the PDC techniques leads to a controller design framework. The transformation method is specialized to minimize the number of fuzzy rules in the resulting TS fuzzy model according to a given acceptable transformation error, the PDC design thus results in a computational complexity minimized controller which is highly desired in many cases of real applications. The paper presents examples to show the effectiveness of the proposed transformation.