Higher Order Sliding Mode Control for Blood Glucose Regulation of Type 1 Diabetic Patients

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mounir Djouima ◽  
Ahmad Taher Azar ◽  
Saïd Drid ◽  
Driss Mehdi
Keyword(s):  
Blood Glucose ◽  
Sliding Mode Control ◽  
Blood Glucose Level ◽  
Glucose Level ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Mode Control

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) treatment depends on the delivery of exogenous insulin to obtain near normal glucose levels. This article proposes a method for blood glucose level regulation in type 1 diabetics. The control strategy is based on comparing the first order sliding mode control (FOSMC) with a higher order SMC based on the super twisting control algorithm. The higher order sliding mode is used to overcome chattering, which can induce some undesirable and harmful phenomena for human health. In order to test the controller in silico experiments, Bergman's minimal model is used for studying the dynamic behavior of the glucose and insulin inside human body. Simulation results are presented to validate the effectiveness and the good performance of this control technique. The obtained results clearly reveal improved performance of the proposed higher order SMC in regulating the blood glucose level within the normal glycemic range in terms of accuracy and robustness.

Higher Order Sliding Mode Control for Blood Glucose Regulation of Type 1 Diabetic Patients

Biotechnology ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1126-1148
Author(s):  
Mounir Djouima ◽  
Ahmad Taher Azar ◽  
Saïd Drid ◽  
Driss Mehdi
Keyword(s):  
Blood Glucose ◽  
Sliding Mode Control ◽  
Blood Glucose Level ◽  
Glucose Level ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Mode Control ◽  
Normal Glucose ◽  
Improved Performance

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) treatment depends on the delivery of exogenous insulin to obtain near normal glucose levels. This article proposes a method for blood glucose level regulation in type 1 diabetics. The control strategy is based on comparing the first order sliding mode control (FOSMC) with a higher order SMC based on the super twisting control algorithm. The higher order sliding mode is used to overcome chattering, which can induce some undesirable and harmful phenomena for human health. In order to test the controller in silico experiments, Bergman's minimal model is used for studying the dynamic behavior of the glucose and insulin inside human body. Simulation results are presented to validate the effectiveness and the good performance of this control technique. The obtained results clearly reveal improved performance of the proposed higher order SMC in regulating the blood glucose level within the normal glycemic range in terms of accuracy and robustness.

Reinforcement Learning Based Method for Managing Type 1 Diabetes (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahsa Oroojeni Mohammad Javad ◽  
Stephen Olusegun Agboola ◽  
Kamal Jethwani ◽  
Ibrahim Zeid ◽  
Sagar Kamarthi
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Reinforcement Learning ◽  
Blood Glucose ◽  
Blood Glucose Level ◽  
Diabetic Patient ◽  
Glucose Level ◽  
Dosage Level ◽  
Insulin Dosage ◽  
Diabetic Patients

BACKGROUND Diabetes is a serious chronic disease marked by high levels of blood glucose. It results from issues related to how insulin is produced and/or how insulin functions in the body. In the long run, uncontrolled blood sugar can damage the vessels that supply blood to important organs such as heart, kidneys, eyes, and nerves. Currently there are no effective algorithms to automatically recommend insulin dosage level considering the characteristics of a diabetic patient. OBJECTIVE The objective of this work is to develop and validate a general reinforcement learning framework and a related learning model for personalized treatment and management of Type 1 diabetes and its complications. METHODS This research presents a model-free reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm to recommend insulin level to regulate the blood glucose level of a diabetic patient considering his/her state defined by A1C level, alcohol usage, activity level, and BMI value. In this approach, an RL agent learns from its exploration and response of diabetic patients when they are subject to different actions in terms of insulin dosage level. As a result of a treatment action at time step t, the RL agent receives a numeric reward depending on the response of the patient’s blood glucose level. At each stage the reward for the learning agent is calculated as a function of the difference between the glucose level in the patient body and its target level. The RL algorithm is trained on ten years of the clinical data of 87 patients obtained from the Mass General Hospital. Demographically, 59% of patients are male and 41% of patients are female; the median of age is 54 years and mean is 52.92 years; 86% of patients are white and 47% of 87 patients are married. RESULTS The performance of the algorithm is evaluated on 60 test cases. Further the performance of Support Vector Machine (SVM) has been applied for Lantus class prediction and results has been compared with Q-learning algorithm recommendation. The results show that the RL recommendations of insulin levels for test patients match with the actual prescriptions of the test patients. The RL gave prediction with an accuracy of 88% and SVM shows 80% accuracy. CONCLUSIONS Since the RL algorithm can select actions that improve patient condition by taking into account delayed effects, it has a good potential to control blood glucose level in diabetic patients.

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