Automatic adjustment system for a process controller

Abstract

A control supporting system for automatically determining control constants, including proportional gain, integral time and derivative time, of a controller used for controlling a given system in accordance with characteristics of the given system and control characteristics demanded of the controller. The control supporting system includes an automatization level determining unit for determining the desired level of automatization of the controller, in accordance with the characteristics of the given system and the control characteristics demanded of the controller, an algorithm memory unit for storing a plurality of algorithms to determine the control constants, an algorithm selecting unit for selecting an algorithm from among the plurality of algorithms in accordance with the determined automatization level, and an algorithm execution unit for executing the algorithm to determine the control constants.

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