Coelho, João PauloCunha, José BoaventuraOliveira, Paulo de Moura2010-11-092010-11-092002Coelho, João; Cunha, José; Oliveira, Paulo (2002). Greenhouse air temperature control using the particle swarm optimisation algorithm. In 15th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control. Barcelona – Espanha.http://hdl.handle.net/10198/2763The particle swarm optimisation algorithm is proposed as a new method to design a model based predictive controller subject to restrictions. Its performance is compared with the one obtained by using a genetic algorithm for the environmental temperature control of a greenhouse. Controller outputs are computed in order to optimise future behaviour of the greenhouse environment, regarding set-point tracking and minimisation of the control effort over a prediction horizon of one hour with a one-minute sampling period.engModel predictive controlAgricultureParticle swarm optimisation algorithmsconference object