Modified Ziegler-Nichols PID Controller Design using the Fuzzy Logic System

In this paper, we propose a modified Ziegler-Nichols PID controller using the fuzzy logic system. The proposed method is to parameterize a Ziegler-Nichols formula with a single parameter, and use the fuzzy logic system for automatic tuning of a single parameter of the modified Ziegler-Nichols formula. The fuzzy logic system has simple nine control rules. In order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, we simulated with the servo system. Simulation results demonstrate that better control performance can be achieved when compared with that of the Ziegler-Nichols PID controller.