Dong, XiuchengZhao, YunyuanXu, YunyunZhang, Zhang2014-06-102014-06-102011International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, 2011; 7(12):7091-71031349-4198http://hdl.handle.net/2440/83327The ball and plate system is a typical multi-variable plant, which is the extension of the traditional ball and beam problems. Particle swarm optimization algorithm fuzzy neural network control (PSO-FNNC) scheme is introduced for the ball and plate system. The fuzzy neural network (FNNC) is optimized by the offline particle swarm optimization (PSO) of global searching ability, and the online radius basis function (RBF) algorithm ability of local searching. Then, the optimized fuzzy RBF neural network (FRBF) tuned PID controller. The simulation results demonstrate the potential of the proposed technique, especially tracking speed, tracking accuracy and robustness, is improved obviously, which embodies the nice characters of the PSO-FNNC scheme.enICIC International © 2011Ball and plate; Fuzzy neural network; PSO algorithm; PIDJournal article00201280302-s2.0-80455137217