Table 1 Qualitative comparison of control strategies for web tension optimization.

From: AI-driven digital twin for autonomous web tension control in Roll-to-Roll manufacturing system

 

BO (Proposed)

MPC

PSO

Manual Tuning/Grid Search

Model requirement

No

Yes

No

No

Optimization phase

Outside control loop

During control

Outside control loop

Outside control loop

Adaptability

High (via online updates)

Medium (if updated regularly)

Low (fixed once tuned)

None

Computational Load

Low

High

Low (after tuning)

None

Real-Time Suitability

Yes (with DT-based updates)

Conditional (depends on model)

No

No

Sample efficiency

High

Medium

Medium

Low

Uncertainty handling

Yes

No

No

No