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This chapter presents a digital control system for ITU TRIGA Mark-II reactor using genetic algorithms with simulated annealing. The basic principles of genetic algorithms for problem solving are inspired by the mechanism of natural selection. Natural selection is a biological process in which stronger individuals are likely be winners in a competing environment. Genetic algorithms use a direct analogy of natural evolution. Genetic algorithms are global search techniques for optimisation but they are poor at hill-climbing. Simulated annealing has the ability of probabilistic hill-climbing. Thus, the two techniques are combined here to get a fine-tuned algorithm that yields a faster convergence and a more accurate search by introducing a new mutation operator like simulated annealing or an adaptive cooling schedule. In control system design, there are currently no systematic approaches to choose the controller parameters to obtain the desired performance. The controller parameters are usually determined by test and error with simulation and experimental analysis. Genetic algorithm is used automatically and efficiently searching for a set of controller parameters for better performance.
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Erkan, K., Bütün, E. (2000). Reactor Controller Design Using Genetic Algorithms with Simulated Annealing. In: Ruan, D. (eds) Fuzzy Systems and Soft Computing in Nuclear Engineering. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 38. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1866-6_16
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