Comparative Analysis of Evolutionary Algorithms for the Problem of Parametric Optimization of PID Controllers

Six modern and promising evolutionary algorithms are described: genetic algorithm, differential evolution method, variational genetic algorithm, particle swarm optimization algorithm, bat-inspired method and firefly algorithm. For all algorithms brief description and main steps of receiving solution are given. In the experimental part all algorithms are compared by the effectiveness of solving the parametric optimization problem for PID controllers. © 2017 The Authors.