Summary of N-Version PID Controller — Lesson 5

For the closed-loop system, it has been developed a PID controller leading the system to stability with three different performance levels, and their responses have been observed. For the Voter operator to be able to select or calculate the ideal gain value, the value against which it performs comparisons within the algorithm is not constant but computed using a different function, thus making the Voter operator adaptable. A second study involves the Voter algorithm generating information about the system's stability by examining the system's output and the values from one and two cycles prior to the output. Based on this data, the system can be brought to a stable state by experimenting with different channels.

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