Shadowed Type-2 Fuzzy Systems for Dynamic Parameter Adaptation in Harmony Search and Differential Evolution for Optimal Design of Fuzzy Controllers

This article mainly focuses on the utilization of shadowed type-2 fuzzy systems used to achieve the goal of dynamically adapting the parameters of two already known algorithms in the literature: the harmony search and the differential evolution algorithms. It has already been established that type-2 fuzzy logic enhances the performance of metaheuristics by enabling parameter adaptation; however, the utilization of fuzzy logic results in an increased execution time. For this reason, in this article, the shadowed type-2 fuzzy approach is put forward as a way of reducing execution time, while maintaining the good results that the complete type-2 fuzzy model produces. The harmony search and differential evolution algorithms with shadowed type-2 parameter adaptations were applied to the problem of optimally designing fuzzy controllers. The simulations were performed with the controllers working in an ideal situation, and then with a real situation under different noise levels in order to reach a conclusion regarding the performance of each of the algorithms that were applied.