ON THE APPLICABILITY OF ADAPTIVE CONTROL

Abstract In the last decade there has been a growing awareness that adaptive control can produce improved performance in real application, mainly as a result of considerable advances in the understanding of adaptive control theory as well as in the computer technology. In this paper the authors aim at providing practical implications of recent results in robustness of adaptive control theory. The fundamental design features as stability robustness, adaption alertness, offset-free performance, implementation simplicity and control system integrity will be emphasized. Simulation studies involving a realistic mathematical model of an electrical furnace are given to highlight the applicability of the involved adaptive controllers.

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