A hierarchical fuzzy controller using structured Takagi-Sugeno type fuzzy inference engine

In this paper, a new hierarchical fuzzy inference system (HFIS) using structured Takagi-Sugeno type fuzzy inference units(FIUs) is proposed. The proposed HFIS not only solves the rule explosion problem in conventional HFIS, but also overcomes the readability problem caused by the structure where outputs of previous level FIUs are used as input variables directly. Gradient descent algorithm is used for adaptation of fuzzy rules. The ball and beam control is performed in computer simulation to illustrate the performance of the proposed controller.