Some problems of intelligent flight control

There are many problems associated with flight control for modem and advanced aircraft which are not solved (or solved very unsatisfactorily) with traditional tools. It has been recognized in recent years, that to realize more flexible and effective control systems it is necessary to combine other elements, such as logic, reasoning, heuristics etc., with the algorithmic techniques provided by conventional control theory, and such systems have come to be known as intelligent control systems. Research in the intelligent control field are based on soft computing methods and tools, including artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms and some others. The goal of the report is to discuss and analyse capabilities of intelligent control methods and tools according mainly to flight control requirements.