# An alternative to proportional-integral and proportional-integral-derivative regulators: Intelligent proportional-derivative regulators

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.12210 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2106.12210/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 23 Jun 2021.

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## Abstract (arXiv)

This paper suggests to replace PIs and PIDs, which play a key role in control engineering, by intelligent Proportional-Derivative feedback loops, or iPDs, which are derived from model-free control. This standpoint is enhanced by a laboratory experiment.