Evolutionary design of a fuzzy controller for the intra-aortic balloon pump

The intra-aortic balloon pump is an implantable device that can be inflated and deflated at appropriate times to assist the performance of a weak heart. However, the control and determination of these times can be problematical. This paper reports on the development of a fuzzy controller for an intr...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the Second Joint 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society] [Engineering in Medicine and Biology Vol. 2; pp. 1569 - 1570 vol.2
Main Authors:	Weller, P.R., Morrow, D.R., Le Fevre, J.E.
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 2002
Subjects:	Blood Cardiology Fuzzy control Genetic algorithms Heart rate Heart valves Hospitals Immune system Pressure control Surgery
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Summary:	The intra-aortic balloon pump is an implantable device that can be inflated and deflated at appropriate times to assist the performance of a weak heart. However, the control and determination of these times can be problematical. This paper reports on the development of a fuzzy controller for an intra-aortic balloon pump. The membership functions for the two controller inputs and single output are optimized with a genetic algorithm. The results over three separate runs show good convergence with many common values for the membership functions.
ISBN:	0780376129 9780780376120
ISSN:	1094-687X 1558-4615
DOI:	10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1106542