Control apparatus and method with correction of trial manipulated pattern

A control apparatus which controls a control object by supplying a manipulated variable to the control object so that an output controlled pattern that is a time-series pattern of a controlled variable indicative of a state of the control object approaches a target controlled pattern that is a time-series pattern of a target value of the control variable, said apparatus comprising:

• trial pattern holding means for holding a trial controlled pattern that is a time-series pattern of the controlled variable in a trial operation that is performed prior to an actual operation, and a trial manipulated pattern that is a time-series pattern of the manipulated variable corresponding to the trial controlled pattern;
• trial evaluation characteristic value extracting means for extracting a trial evaluation characteristic value for evaluating the trial operation, from the target controlled pattern and the trial controlled pattern;
• criterial manipulated pattern generating means for correcting the trial manipulated pattern on the basis of the trial evaluation characteristic value so that the trial controlled pattern approaches the target controlled pattern, and for holding the corrected trial manipulated pattern as a criterial manipulated pattern that serves as a criterion of a time-series pattern of the manipulated variable in an actual operation;
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• criterial manipulated pattern outputting means for outputting the criterial manipulated pattern as at least part of the manipulated variable in the actual operation.