Convenient T-S fuzzy model with enhanced performance using a novel swarm intelligent fuzzy clustering technique

摘要

To automatically extract T-S fuzzy models with enhanced performance from data is an interesting and important issue for fuzzy system modeling. In this paper, a novel methodology is proposed for this issue based on a three-step procedure. Firstly, the idea of variable length genotypes is introduced to the artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm to derive a so-called Variable string length Artificial Bee Colony (VABC) algorithm. The VABC algorithm can be used to solve a kind of optimization problems where the length of the optimal solutions is not known as a priori. Secondly, fuzzy clustering without knowing cluster number as a priori is viewed as such kind of optimization problem. Thus, a novel version of Fuzzy C-Means clustering technique (VABC-FCM), holding powerful global search ability, is proposed based on the VABC algorithm. Use of VABC allows the encoding of variable cluster number. This makes VABC-FCM not require a priori specification of the cluster number. Finally, the proposed VABC-FCM algorithm is used to extract T-S fuzzy model from data. Such VABC-FCM based convenient T-S fuzzy model extraction methodology does not require a specification of rule number as a priori. Some artificial data sets are applied to validate the performance of the convenient T-S fuzzy model. The experimental results show that the proposed convenient T-S fuzzy model has low approximation error and high prediction accuracy with appreciate rule number. Moreover, the convenient T-S fuzzy model is used to model the characteristics of superheated steam temperature in power plant, and the results suggest the powerful performance of the proposed method.