New PID parameter tuning based on improved dung beetle optimization algorithm

Abstract In this paper, a proportional‐integral‐derivative (PID) controller parameter optimization method based on the improved dung beetle optimization (IDBO) algorithm is proposed, which improves the balance between the global exploration and local exploitation capabilities of the dung beetle optimization (DBO) and significantly enhances the convergence speed and optimization accuracy. Initially, the dung beetle population is initialized using piecewise linear chaotic map (PWLCM) chaotic mapping in order to increase its variety and the DBO algorithm's capacity for global exploration. Furthermore, adaptive weighting in the DBO algorithm is now balanced between the capabilities of local exploitation and global exploration with the addition of adaptive weights. After that, in order to improve the DBO algorithm's capacity for local exploitation, a triangle wandering strategy is included during the dung beetle reproductive phase. Finally, using both Lévy flying wandering and greedy strategy (GS) together make it easier to take advantage of opportunities in both local and global areas. The outcomes of the traditional benchmark function test demonstrate a significant improvement in both convergence speed and optimization accuracy when the particle swarm optimization (PSO), DBO, grey wolf optimization (GWO), and sparrow search algorithm (SSA) algorithms are compared. The performance index function incorporates an overshooting penalty term to prevent the overshooting phenomenon in the control system. Simulation experiments are carried out for the DC motor control system, and the time domain performance, frequency domain performance, and robustness performance of the closed‐loop control system with ZN‐PID, Lambda‐PID, PSO‐PID, and IDBO‐PID rectified PID controller parameters are comparatively analyzed, which verifies the validity and practicability of the IDBO algorithm.