Differences in conventional and intelligent control according Panos Antsaklis in “ Defining Intelligent Control”

The term “conventional for traditional control” is used here to refer to the theories and methods that were developed in the past decades to control dynamical system, the behavior of which is primarily described by differential and difference equations. However intelligent control does not restrict itself only to those methodologies.

Another difference between intelligent and conventional control is in the separation between controller and the system to be controlled. In conventional control the system to be controlled, called the plant, typically is separate and distinct from the controller. The controller is designed by the control designer, while the plant is in general given and cannot be changed. In intelligent control problem there may not be a clear separation of the plant and the controller.

AI	Conventional
Representation and Manipulation of symbols	Algorithms
Telling about a problem	Ruled to solve the problem
Given the knowledge and skills of inference	Provide data and programs