Intelligent Fuzzy Optimal Active and Combinatorial Control System of Building Structures

The authors have already proposed an intelligent fuzzy optimal and active control system (IFOACS) and the effectiveness of IFOACS was proved using digital simulations and shaking table tests. However, the results show that the control effect of IFOACS becomes small in case of near-source region earthquakes. To improve control effects in case of near-source region earthquakes, a combinatorial control system (CCS), in which IFOACS is combined with a fuzzy active control system (FACS), is also proposed. In this paper, control rules in CCS are optimized using parameter-free genetic algorithms (PfGAs) considering limitations of an actuator such as maximal strokes and control forces. Effectiveness of proposed combinatorial control system (CCS) is verified and discussed based on results of digital simulations.