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66 Citations
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Equivalence between Fuzzy PID Controllers and Conventional PID Controllers

  • Chun-Tang Chao,
  • Nana Sutarna,
  • Juing-Shian Chiou and
  • Chi-Jo Wang

2 June 2017

This paper proposes the equivalence between fuzzy Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controllers and conventional PID controllers. A well-designed conventional PID controller, with the help of the proposed method, can be rapidly transformed to an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,794 Views
16 Pages

Comparative Analysis: Fractional PID vs. PID Controllers for Robotic Arm Using Genetic Algorithm Optimization

  • Ahmed Eltayeb,
  • Gamil Ahmed,
  • Imil Hamda Imran,
  • Nezar M. Alyazidi and
  • Ahmed Abubaker

28 June 2024

This paper presents a comparative analysis of a fractional-order proportional–integral–derivative (FO-PID) controller against the standard proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controller, applied to a nonlinear robotic arm m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
121 Citations
17,195 Views
18 Pages

An Optimal Fuzzy PID Controller Design Based on Conventional PID Control and Nonlinear Factors

  • Chun-Tang Chao,
  • Nana Sutarna,
  • Juing-Shian Chiou and
  • Chi-Jo Wang

23 March 2019

This paper proposes an optimal fuzzy proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controller design based on conventional PID control and nonlinear factors. With the equivalence between fuzzy logic controllers (FLCs) and conventional PID contro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,787 Views
21 Pages

15 November 2023

Neurostimulation can be used to modulate brain dynamics of patients with neuropsychiatric disorders to make abnormal neural oscillations restore to normal. The control schemes proposed on the bases of neural computational models can predict the mecha...

(This article belongs to the Section Entropy and Biology)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
80 Views
9 Pages

Experimental Comparison of PID, LQI, and Nonlinear PID Controllers for Angular Position Control of a Vertical Take-Off and Landing System

  • Andrés Cuaycal,
  • Ronald Pillajo,
  • Jessica Balseca,
  • Stefany Villarreal and ,
  • Pablo Proaño and
  • Alan Cuenca-Sánchez
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

2 November 2026

This paper presents a comparative experimental evaluation of three control strategies for angular position regulation of a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) system: a conventional Proportional–Integral–Derivative (PID) controller, a Li...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
908 Views
36 Pages

Surrogate-Based Tuning of PID Controllers

  • Sangeeta Kamboj,
  • Sahaj Saxena and
  • Sunil Kumar Singla

30 March 2026

Proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controllers are always a preferred choice of control strategy in industrial and biomedical systems due to their simplicity, reliability, and easy implementation. However, the systematic tuning of PID...

(This article belongs to the Section Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,187 Views
19 Pages

27 September 2025

This article presents a comparison between a classical PID controller and a fractional-order PID (FOPID) controller for a gyroscope with Cardan suspension (3 DOF). A gyroscope dynamics model accounting for gyroscopic couplings and viscous damping is...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
351 Views
27 Pages

An Extended PID Controller for Automatic Control System

  • Meirbek Moldabekov,
  • Nuriya Zhumabekova,
  • Alisher Aden,
  • Yerkin Orazaly and ,
  • Akhan Batenov and
  • Nurzhaugan Tilektes
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

2 July 2026

The concept of an extended PID controller is introduced. This controller combines the properties of two well-known variants of the classical PID controller. The extended PID controller includes two additional parameters in addition to the three param...

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  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,562 Views
22 Pages

CFHBA-PID Algorithm: Dual-Loop PID Balancing Robot Attitude Control Algorithm Based on Complementary Factor and Honey Badger Algorithm

  • Jianan Lin,
  • Rongjia Zheng,
  • Yirong Zhang,
  • Jinkai Feng and ,
  • Wei Li and
  • Kaiqing Luo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

14 June 2022

The PID control algorithm for balancing robot attitude control suffers from the problem of difficult parameter tuning. Previous studies have proposed using metaheuristic algorithms to tune the PID parameters. However, traditional metaheuristic algori...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Robotic Systems and Automatic Control: Mathematical Models, Technologies, Applications and Challenges)
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  • Open Access
41 Citations
5,052 Views
15 Pages

Research of RBF-PID Control in Maglev System

  • Danrui Ma,
  • Mengxiao Song,
  • Peichang Yu and
  • Jie Li

27 October 2020

Control of the maglev system is one of the most significant technologies of the maglev train. The common proportion integration differentiation (PID) method, which has fixed control parameters, ignores the non-linearity and uncertainty of the model i...

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  • Open Access
38 Citations
6,015 Views
15 Pages

18 September 2019

Because the proportional–integral–derivative (PID) parameters selected by experience are random, the control effect of fuzzy PID cannot be optimized. In order to improve the accuracy and stability of robot motion control, an orthogonal-fu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Motion Planning and Control for Robotics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,328 Views
15 Pages

A GWO-Based Indirect IMC-PID Controller for DC-DC Boost Converter

  • Ashish Choubey,
  • Sachin Kumar Jain and
  • Prabin Kumar Padhy

27 November 2024

A PID controller design using an internal model control (IMC) approach is a well-established method for controller tuning in a DC-DC boost converter. This study introduces an innovative implementation of a novel indirect Internal Model Control (IMC)...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Control Strategies for Wide Input Range DC-DC Converters)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,505 Views
31 Pages

Evaluation of PID-Based Algorithms for UGVs

  • Tiago Gameiro,
  • Tiago Pereira,
  • Hamid Moghadaspoura,
  • Francesco Di Giorgio and ,
  • Carlos Viegas,
  • Nuno Ferreira,
  • João Ferreira,
  • Salviano Soares and
  • António Valente
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

24 January 2025

The autonomous navigation of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in unstructured environments, such as agricultural or forestry settings, has been the subject of extensive research by various investigators. The navigation capability of a UGV in unstructu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Algorithms for PID Controller 2024)
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  • Open Access
1,870 Views
17 Pages

Model-Based PID Tuning Method for a Reactor for Microwave-Assisted Chemistry

  • Sebastian Kozłowski,
  • Przemysław Korpas,
  • Wojciech Wojtasiak and
  • Magdalena Borowska

18 September 2024

This paper presents a model-based PID tuning method for a reactor used in microwave-assisted chemistry. The reactor is equipped with a solid-state source of microwaves and a PID controller capable of increasing or decreasing the delivered microwave p...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,635 Views
20 Pages

Interactive Tool for Frequency Domain Tuning of PID Controllers

  • Juan Garrido,
  • Mario L. Ruz,
  • Fernando Morilla and
  • Francisco Vázquez

18 October 2018

This paper presents an interactive tool focused on the study of proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers. Nowadays, PID control loops are extensively used in industrial applications. However, it is reported that many of them are badly tuned...

(This article belongs to the Section AI-Enabled Process Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,043 Views
19 Pages

6 June 2023

In this paper, a control method was designed based on particle swarm optimization (PSO)–fuzzy PID (PSO-Fuzzy PID). In order to address the issues of significant nonlinearity and extensive hysteresis in the vapor temperature of litchi hot vapor...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,167 Views
13 Pages

Hybrid Quasi-Optimal PID-SDRE Quadrotor Control

  • Wojciech Giernacki,
  • Sławomir Stępień,
  • Marcin Chodnicki and
  • Agnieszka Wróblewska

13 June 2022

In the paper, a new cascade control system for an autonomous flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on Proportional–Integral–Derivative (PID) and finite-time State-Dependent Riccati Equation (SDRE) control is proposed. The PID a...

(This article belongs to the Topic Design, Simulation and New Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,055 Views
18 Pages

7 March 2023

DNA molecules can be adopted to design biomolecular control circuits that can effectively control biochemical reaction processes. However, the leak reaction in actual biochemical reactions causes a significant uncertainty for reactions. In this paper...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
146 Views
25 Pages

Improvement of Servo-Hydraulic Pressure Control Performance Using PSO-Optimized Fuzzy-PID Control

  • Shih-Ming Wang,
  • Chi-Kang Wu,
  • En-Te Yang,
  • Pin-Han Lin and ,
  • Sung-Tsun Shih,
  • Te-Jen Su and
  • Wen-Rong Yang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

20 October 2026

Accurate pressure tracking in servo-hydraulic test benches is challenging under variations in actuator dynamics and feedback characteristics. This study compares conventional proportional–integral–derivative (PID), fuzzy self-tuning PID (...

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  • Open Access
88 Citations
10,489 Views
21 Pages

17 February 2023

This paper investigates the model-free trajectory tracking control problem for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) subject to the ocean currents, external disturbances, measurement noise, model parameter uncertainty, initial tracking errors, and t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Control and Mechanical System Engineering)
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  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,262 Views
22 Pages

28 January 2023

In the last decades, model-free control (MFC) has become an alternative for complex processes whose models are not available or are difficult to obtain. Among the model-free control techniques, intelligent PID (iPID) algorithms, which are based on th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 10th Anniversary of Actuators)
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  • Open Access
1,668 Views
21 Pages

Parameter Estimation of LFM Signals Based on PID-PSO-FRFT

  • Xuelian Liu,
  • Tianhang Zhou,
  • Yuchao Wang,
  • Bo Xiao and ,
  • Yani Chen and
  • Chunyang Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The fractional Fourier transform (FRFT) serves as an effective tool for linear frequency modulated (LFM) signal parameter estimation, whose performance depends on the search efficiency for the optimal transform order. To address the issues of fixed i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Order Complex Systems: Advanced Control, Intelligent Estimation and Reinforcement Learning Image Processing​ Algorithms, Second Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,190 Views
20 Pages

Multi-Phase Focused PID Adaptive Tuning with Reinforcement Learning

  • Ye Ding,
  • Xiaoguang Ren,
  • Xiaochuan Zhang,
  • Xin Liu and
  • Xu Wang

18 September 2023

The Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller, a fundamental element in industrial control systems, plays a pivotal role in regulating an extensive array of controlled objects. Accurate and rapid adaptive tuning of PID controllers holds signi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,085 Views
25 Pages

11 January 2021

Currently robotic motion control algorithms are tedious at best to implement, are lacking in automatic situational adaptability, and tend to be static in nature. Humanoid (human-like) control is little more than a dream, for all, but the fastest comp...

(This article belongs to the Collection Smart Robotics for Automation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,833 Views
17 Pages

Design of Mixed-Mode Analog PID Controller with CFOAs

  • Natchanai Roongmuanpha,
  • Jetsdaporn Satansup,
  • Tattaya Pukkalanun and
  • Worapong Tangsrirat

14 May 2024

The design of a mixed-mode proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller circuit using current-feedback operational amplifiers (CFOAs) as active components is proposed. With the same circuit topology, the proposed configuration of three CFOAs, fo...

(This article belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,484 Views
13 Pages

12 August 2021

An optimally-tuned PID control for a transport robot actuator based on an induction motor was developed. Continuous-discrete and continuous mathematical models of the actuator were obtained. The parametric synthesis of PID controller on the basis of...

(This article belongs to the Section Actuators for Manufacturing Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,162 Views
15 Pages

Quadratic Model-Based Dynamically Updated PID Control of CSTR System with Varying Parameters

  • Dushko Stavrov,
  • Gorjan Nadzinski,
  • Stojche Deskovski and
  • Mile Stankovski

21 January 2021

In this paper, we discuss an improved version of the conventional PID (Proportional–Integral–Derivative) controller, the Dynamically Updated PID (DUPID) controller. The DUPID is a control solution which preserves the advantages of the PID...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Algorithms for PID Controller 2019)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,917 Views
41 Pages

In the modern optimization context, this paper introduces an optimal PID-based control strategy for a two-tank installation, namely ASTANK2. The process model was identified by using raw and spline smoothed measured data, respectively. Two PID contro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Control of Nonlinear Systems and Industrial Processes)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,365 Views
4 Pages

A low cost portable photoionization (PID) sensor was successfully designed and manufactured. Unlike existing commercial PID sensors, our device provides two outputs, one associated with the total chemical components and a second that provides some le...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of Proceedings of Eurosensors 2017, Paris, France, 3–6 September 2017)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,953 Views
26 Pages

19 September 2025

In free-running ship simulations, PID control gains for rudder and propeller revolution are often selected based on empirical experience without a standardized procedure, leading to inconsistent results under varying operational conditions. This stud...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Marine CFD: From Resistance Prediction to Environmental Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
11,336 Views
21 Pages

Fuzzy Gain-Scheduling PID for UAV Position and Altitude Controllers

  • Aurelio G. Melo,
  • Fabio A. A. Andrade,
  • Ihannah P. Guedes,
  • Guilherme F. Carvalho and ,
  • Alessandro R. L. Zachi and
  • Milena F. Pinto
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 March 2022

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications have evolved to a wide range of fields in the last decade. One of the main challenges in autonomous tasks is the UAV stability during maneuvers. Thus, attitude and position control play a crucial role in sta...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
383 Views
17 Pages

6 June 2026

We develop a finite-resolution empirical framework for applying nonnegative Mages–Anastasiadi–Rohner partial information decomposition (MAR-PID) to continuous and non-binary discrete variables. The variables are represented by recursive q...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
7,445 Views
15 Pages

A Fuzzy Adaptive PID Controller Design for Fuel Cell Power Plant

  • Yuxiao Qin,
  • Li Sun,
  • Qingsong Hua and
  • Ping Liu

12 July 2018

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are promising electrochemical devices which translate chemical energy directly into electric energy with high efficiency and low pollution. However, the control of the output voltage of SOFCs is quite challenging becaus...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,674 Views
18 Pages

16 February 2025

With the continuous development of the shipping industry, suction dredgers play a crucial role as functional vessels for channel dredging. The reamer, as the core component of a cutter suction dredger, significantly impacts the energy consumption of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
14,287 Views
17 Pages

Vision-Based Robot Following Using PID Control

  • Chandra Sekhar Pati and
  • Rahul Kala

Applications like robots which are employed for shopping, porter services, assistive robotics, etc., require a robot to continuously follow a human or another robot. This paper presents a mobile robot following another tele-operated mobile robot base...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,984 Views
13 Pages

15 January 2026

Permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) are widely favored in industry for their high efficiency, compact size, and robust performance. This study employs a model-based PID control approach for speed regulation of PMSM. In contrast to traditional...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Estimation, Control, and Optimization Techniques for Synchronous Machines in Next-Generation Electrified Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,249 Views
21 Pages

PID-Based Longitudinal Control of Platooning Trucks

  • Aashish Shaju,
  • Steve Southward and
  • Mehdi Ahmadian

5 December 2023

This article focuses on the development and assessment of a PID-based computationally cost-efficient longitudinal control algorithm for platooning trucks. The study employs a linear controller with a nested architecture, wherein the inner loop regula...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Autonomous Vehicles Dynamics and Control)
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  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,031 Views
13 Pages

25 December 2022

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are vulnerable to oxygen starvation when working under variable load. To address these issues, a cascade control strategy of sliding mode control (SMC) and Proportion Integration Differentiation (PID) contr...

(This article belongs to the Topic Battery Design and Management)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
82 Citations
9,684 Views
16 Pages

Back to Basics: Meaning of the Parameters of Fractional Order PID Controllers

  • Inés Tejado,
  • Blas M. Vinagre,
  • José Emilio Traver,
  • Javier Prieto-Arranz and
  • Cristina Nuevo-Gallardo

11 June 2019

The beauty of the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) algorithm for feedback control is its simplicity and efficiency. Those are the main reasons why PID controller is the most common form of feedback. PID combines the three natural ways of taking...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Order Systems)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,011 Views
14 Pages

Transcriptional Organization of the Salmonella Typhimurium Phage P22 pid ORFan Locus

  • Sanne Wolput,
  • Angela Makumi,
  • Laura Wicke,
  • Leonard E. Bäcker and ,
  • William Cenens,
  • Yves Briers,
  • Nicolas A. Wenner,
  • Siân V. Owen,
  • Jay C. D. Hinton and
  • Abram Aertsen
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

23 January 2022

Many phage genes lack sequence similarity to any other open reading frame (ORF) in current databases. These enigmatic ORFan genes can have a tremendous impact on phage propagation and host interactions but often remain experimentally unexplored. We p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bacteriophage—Molecular Studies 3.0)
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  • Open Access
1,607 Views
14 Pages

Brushless DC (BLDC) motors are now the dominant propulsion choice for electric vehicles (EVs) because of their high torque density, efficiency and reliability, but their nonlinear dynamics, electronic commutation, and wide load and speed range make f...

(This article belongs to the Section Vehicle and Transportation Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,449 Views
14 Pages

Pipeline Leak Detection and Estimation Using Fuzzy PID Observer

  • Raheleh Jafari,
  • Sina Razvarz,
  • Cristóbal Vargas-Jarillo,
  • Alexander Gegov and
  • Farzad Arabikhan

A pipe is a ubiquitous product in the industries that is used to convey liquids, gases, or solids suspended in a liquid, e.g., a slurry, from one location to another. Both internal and external cracking can result in structural failure of the industr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theory and Applications of Fuzzy Systems and Neural Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,086 Views
14 Pages

Potential-induced degradation (PID) presents a critical reliability issue for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, with three primary types identified in the literature, namely, PIDs (shunting type), PIDp (polarization type), and PIDc (corrosion type). E...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Materials and Properties for Solar Cell Application)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,758 Views
9 Pages

7 November 2025

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are being applied in an increasing number of fields; however, their autonomous operation is associated with significant regulatory challenges. In this study, the performance of a PID and a Model Predictive Controller is compa...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The Sustainable Mobility and Transportation Symposium 2025)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,839 Views
14 Pages

A PID Parameter Tuning Method Based on the Improved QUATRE Algorithm

  • Zhuo-Qiang Zhao,
  • Shi-Jian Liu and
  • Jeng-Shyang Pan

31 May 2021

The PID (proportional–integral–derivative) controller is the most widely used control method in modern engineering control because it has the characteristics of a simple algorithm structure and easy implementation. The traditional PID controller, in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Algorithms for PID Controller 2021)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,786 Views
18 Pages

13 December 2024

This paper addresses the issue of the high-precision control of substrate tension in an accumulator during the roll-to-roll coating process. First, a coupling model for tension errors in the substrate within the accumulator is established, along with...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functional Polymers and Novel Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,853 Views
24 Pages

9 June 2021

The paper presents a tuning method for PID controllers with higher-order derivatives and higher-order controller filters (HO-PID), where the controller and filter orders can be arbitrarily chosen by the user. The controller and filter parameters are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamical Systems in Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
18,371 Views
15 Pages

20 August 2015

Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control is the most widely used control method in industrial and academic applications due to its simplicity and efficiency. Several different control methods/algorithms have been proposed to tune the gains of P...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Control Engineering)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,244 Views
9 Pages

PSO-Based PID Tuning for PMSM-Quadrotor UAV System

  • Marco Rinaldi,
  • Morteza Moslehi,
  • Giorgio Guglieri and
  • Stefano Primatesta

This paper presents the simulation and controller optimization of a quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system. The quadrotor model is derived adopting the Newton-Euler approach, and is intended to be constituted by four three-phase Permanent Mag...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 14th EASN International Conference on “Innovation in Aviation & Space Towards Sustainability Today & Tomorrow”)
  • Article
  • Open Access
908 Views
17 Pages

PID Control of α-Order Systems in Fractal Time

  • Alireza Khalili Golmankhaneh,
  • Inés Tejado,
  • Delfim F. M. Torres,
  • Rawid Banchuin and
  • Hamdullah Şevli

This paper presents a novel proportional–integral–derivative (PID) control framework for first α-order systems evolving in fractal time. The main contribution is the extension of classical control theory to systems exhibiting anomal...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal Analysis and Data-Driven Complex Systems)

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