15th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control
  Barcelona, 21–26 July 2002 
A SURVEY OF STABILITY OF FUZZY LOGIC CONTROL WITH AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS
Jose M. Giron-Sierra(1), Guillermo Ortega(2)
(1) Dept. A.C.Y.A., Fac. Fisicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
28040 Madrid, Spain. E-mail: gironsi@dia.ucm.es
(2) European Space Agency. Noordwijk. The Netherlands E-mail: gortega@estec.esa.nl

During recent years considerable efforts have been devoted to guarantee the stability of fuzzy logic control (FLC). Several stability analysis methods have been established, and stable control designs have been introduced. This is important to pave the way for the use of FLC in applications were no risks should be run. Aerospace is a clear example of a field where control must be sure. This paper is motivated by an ESA research project on stability of FLC concerning, in particular, aerospace potential applications. The paper present a review of the research on FLC stability, both in time and frequency domains, including also several alternatives of stable control design methods. In addition, there is a section about FLC applications in aerospace.
Keywords: Fuzzy control, aerospace control, stability analysis
Session slot T-Tu-M06: Recent MIMO Design Approaches for Aerospace Application/Area code 8a : Aerospace