FOMCOM: a MATLAB toolbox for fractional-order system identification and control

FOMCON is a new fractional-order modeling and control toolbox for MATLAB. It offers a set of tools for researchers in the field of fractional-order control. In this paper, we present an overview of the toolbox, motivation for its development and relation to other toolboxes devoted to fractional calculus. We discuss all of the major modules of the FOMCON toolbox as well as relevant mathematical concepts. Three modules are presented. The main module is used for fractional-order system analysis. The identification module allows identifying a fractional system from either time or frequency domain data. The control module focuses on fractional-order FID controller design, tuning and optimization, but also has basic support for design of fractional lead-lag compensators and TID controllers. Finally, a Simulink blockset is presented. It allows more sophisticated modeling tasks to be carried out.