The participation rates in adult education in Greece are low in comparison with other European countries. Within the framework of the present research an effort has been undertaken in order to evaluate the program of training instructors of adults through distance learning education hosted by the GSAE (General Secretary for Adult Education) and the ICAE (Institute for the Continuing Adult Education) in Greece. Among the most important outcomes of this research was considered to be the positive attitude of the participants concerning the program in general as well as the electronic educational material distributed. Furthermore, the hybrid educational process selected for use by the program was thought to be particularly flexible. As for the program’s negative aspects, the main problems noted were the distance certain trainees had to cover in order to participate physically during the scheduled meetings, as well as the technical issues arose within the e-learning environment
Despite the abundance of sophisticated tools, including advanced controllers, the Proportional-IntegralDerivative controller is still the most widely used in modern industry, controlling more than the 90% of closed-loop industrial processes. Many researchers have implemented PID controllers in pneumatic positioning systems and they all faced the problem of tuning the three different gain values. In this research project the use of a PID controller in a such highly nonlinear system is investigated. In an attempt to improve the system performance and support the classical control method's drawbacks, an intelligent control method is implemented supplementary to a PID controller in a very modern simulation software environment. All benefits of the system behavior are recorded and illustrated in this paper, as well as comments of the significantly improved system performance.
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