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RBF network is used to tune and identify all PID gain parameters online and adaptively. The presented Neuro-PID control scheme is validated through simulations of set-point tracking and disturbance rejection. We compare the proposed adaptive online tuning method with the offline tuning scheme that employs Genetic Algorithm (GA) to search the optimal gain parameters. The results show that the proposed strategy has good adaptability, strong robustness and real-time performance while achieving satisfactory control performance for the complex and nonlinear greenhouse climate control system, and it may provide a valuable reference to formulate environmental control strategies for actual application in greenhouse production.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s120505328","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,4,26]],"date-time":"2012-04-26T11:04:10Z","timestamp":1335438250000},"page":"5328-5348","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":93,"title":["Nonlinear Adaptive PID Control for Greenhouse Environment Based on RBF Network"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Songwei","family":"Zeng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information Engineering, Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University, Lin\u2019an 311300, China"}]},{"given":"Haigen","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information Engineering, Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University, Lin\u2019an 311300, China"},{"name":"Department of Control Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China"}]},{"given":"Lihong","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Control Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China"}]},{"given":"Guanghui","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information Engineering, Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University, Lin\u2019an 311300, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,4,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"317","DOI":"10.1016\/j.compag.2005.08.007","article-title":"Constrained predictive control of a greenhouse","volume":"49","author":"Camachoa","year":"2005","journal-title":"Comput. 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