\input zb-basic \input zb-ioport \iteman{io-port 05820628} \itemau{Duan, Ying-hong} \itemti{The design of predictive fuzzy-PID controller in temperature control system of electrical heating furnace.} \itemso{Li, Kang (ed.) et al., Life system modeling and intelligent computing. International conference on life system modeling and simulation, LSMS 2010, and international conference on intelligent computing for sustainable energy and environment, ICSEE 2010, Wuxi, China, September 17--20, 2010. Proceedings, Part II. Berlin: Springer (ISBN 978-3-642-15596-3/pbk). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6329, 259-265 (2010).} \itemab Summary: An electrical heating furnace temperature control system is characterized by large inertia, pure time-delay and parameters time-varying, which needs a long time to control with conventional control methods. It is hard to meet the technical requirements. An improved Smith predictive fuzzy-PID composite control method is therefore presented. A mathematic model of the electrical heating furnace temperature control system is established and the structure of the improved Smith predictive fuzzy PID controller and the method of generating fuzzy control rules are introduced. The simulation result shows that the control system may reduce the overshoot, shorten the time to stabilize, improve control accuracy, and work well for the electrical heating furnace system. \itemrv{~} \itemcc{} \itemut{temperature control; fuzzy-PID control; simulation; Smith predictor; electrical heating furnace} \itemli{doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15597-0\_29} \end