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Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE C 1998 Vol.-1 No.-1 P.

http://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.2401021


Black-box adversarial attack on deep reinforcement learning-based PID controller for load frequency control


Author(s):  Wei WANG1, Zhenyong ZHANG1, 2, Xin WANG2, Xuguo JIAO3, 4

Affiliation(s):  1State Key Laboratory of Public Big Data, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China 2Key Laboratory of Computing Power Network and Information Security,Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China 3School of Information and Control Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266061, China 4State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

Corresponding email(s):   zhangzy@gzu.edu.cn

Key Words:  Adaptive controller, Deep reinforcement learning, Load frequency control, Adversarial attacks


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Abstract: 
load frequency control (LFC) is usually managed by traditional proportional integral derivative (PID) controllers. Recently, deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based adaptive controllers have been widely studied for their superior performance. However, the DRL-based adaptive controller exhibits inherent vulnerability due to adversarial attacks. To develop more robust control systems, this study conducts a deep analysis of DRL-based adaptive controller vulnerability under adversarial attacks. First, an adaptive controller is developed based on the DRL algorithm. Subsequently, considering the limited capability of attackers, the DRL-based LFC is evaluated under adversarial attacks using the zeroth-order optimization (ZOO) method. Finally, we use adversarial training to enhance the robustness of DRL-based adaptive controllers. Extensive simulations are conducted to evaluate the performance of the DRL-based PID controller with and without adversarial attacks.

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