PID controller design for cruise control system using genetic algorithm

In this paper, the design of a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller for the cruise control system has been proposed. The cruise control system, which is a highly nonlinear, has been linearized around the equilibrium point. The controller has been designed for the linearized model, by taking the dominant pole concept in the closed loop characteristic equation. The PID controller parameters, i.e. proportional, integral and derivative parameters have been tuned using Genetic Algorithm (GA). In this study, the performance of the controller has been compared with that of the conventional PID, state space and Fuzzy logic based controller. The simulation output reveals the superiority of the proposed controller in terms of maximum overshoot, peak time, rise time, settling time and steady state error. The sensitivity and complementary sensitivity analysis show the robust behaviour of the system with output disturbance and high-frequency noise rejection qualities. As a scope of further research, fractional order and 2-dof PID controller will be designed for this cruise control system and the performance will be compared with this design.