Multimodel adaptive control with switching

Abstract

The principles of adaptive control with switching are presented. This method insures high control performance in the presence of large and abrupt parameter variations. The stability of this type of adaptive control is studied and shown to be guaranteed with a minimum dwell-time between switchings. An application of adaptive control with switching and tuning to a flexible transmission system is presented. The advantages of this scheme with respect to classical adaptive control and fixed robust control are illustrated via some experimental results. The use of CLOE adaptation in the adaptive control with switching will also improve the performance of the system in the tuning phase.