Application of Q Learning-Based Self-Tuning PID with DRNN in the Strip Flatness and Gauge System

In view of the process of automatic flatness control and automatic gauge control that is a nonlinear system with multi-dimensions, multi-variables, strong coupling and time variation, a novel control method called self-tuning PID with diagonal recurrent neural network (DRNN-PID) based on Q learning is proposed. It is able to coordinate the coupling of flatness control and gauge control agents to get the satisfactory control requirements without decoupling directly and amend output control laws by DRNN-PID adaptively. Decomposition-coordination is utilized to establish a novel multi-agent system for coordination control including flatness agent, gauge agent and Q learning agent. Simulation result demonstrates the validity of our proposed method.