Symbolic regression methods for control system synthesis

In this paper we use symbolic regression methods for control system synthesis. We compare three methods: network operator method, genetic programming and analytical programming. We developed variational versions of genetic programming and analytical programming to improve the search process efficiency. All the methods perform search over the set of the small variations of the given basic solution. Search efficiency depends on the basic solution. We give an example of control system synthesis for the unmanned vehicle with the state constraints over the set of the initial states using these methods. © 2014 IEEE.