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  • Control Engineering
  • Systems Engineering
  • Computational Engineering

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  • Combinatorial test design systematically reduces test cases by selecting subsets based on input variable combinations.
  • This technique, successful in software testing (t-way testing), offers potential for diverse research areas.
  • Fractional Order (FO) controllers, like PID, are crucial for system stability and performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the applicability of combinatorial test design for Fractional Order PID (FOPID) controller parameter design.
  • To theoretically and practically validate this novel application in an automatic voltage regulator (AVR) system.
  • To investigate the effectiveness of combinatorial test design in optimizing FOPID controller parameters.

Main Methods:

  • Applied combinatorial test design principles to FOPID controller parameter selection for an AVR system.
  • Developed algorithms and adapted strategies to create an optimum and effective test set covering all relevant combinations.
  • Conducted simulations and experiments to evaluate the performance and efficiency of the designed FOPID controller.

Main Results:

  • Combinatorial test design successfully identified parameter combinations leading to optimal FOPID controller design for the AVR system.
  • Increasing the combination strength (e.g., 4-way) achieved effectiveness comparable to exhaustive testing.
  • A significant reduction in the number of required tests was demonstrated, leading to faster parameter optimization.

Conclusions:

  • Combinatorial test design is a viable and effective technique for optimizing FOPID controller parameters in AVR systems.
  • This approach offers substantial efficiency gains by minimizing test cases while maintaining design quality.
  • The findings suggest broader applicability of combinatorial test design in advanced control system parameter tuning.