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Robust output regulation for linear time-varying systems has remained an open problem for decades. To address this, we propose the trajectory-matching system immersion framework, by reformulating the regulator equation into a more…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-27 Jinmeng Zha , Zhen Zhang

In this paper, we consider the inverse optimal control problem for the discrete-time linear quadratic regulator, over finite-time horizons. Given observations of the optimal trajectories, and optimal control inputs, to a linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-31 Han Zhang , Jack Umenberger , Xiaoming Hu

Complexity and nonlinear behaviours of inverted pendulum system make its control design a very challenging task. In this paper, a hybrid fuzzy adaptive control system using model reference approach is designed for inverted-pendulum system…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-18 Abdulbasid Ismail Isa , Mukhtar Fatihu Hamza , Mustapha Muhammad

In this paper, a nonlinear rotational inverted pendulum with time-varying parameters is controlled using the indirect adaptive fuzzy controller design. This type of controller is chosen because this particular system performance is highly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-06-06 R. Eini , S. Abdelwahed

This paper introduces a continuous-time constrained nonlinear control scheme which implements a model predictive control strategy as a continuous-time dynamic system. The approach is based on the idea that the solution of the optimal…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-09-20 Marco M. Nicotra , Dominic Liao-McPherson , Ilya V. Kolmanovsky

In this paper, we investigate the problem of unified prescribed performance tracking for a class of non-square strict-feedback nonlinear systems under relaxed controllability conditions. By using a skillful matrix decomposition and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-15 Bing Zhou , Kai Zhao , Yongduan Song , Zhen Chen

We present a novel dual control strategy for uncertain linear systems based on targeted harmonic exploration and gain-scheduling with performance and excitation guarantees. In the proposed sequential approach, robust control is implemented…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-30 Janani Venkatasubramanian , Johannes Köhler , Julian Berberich , Frank Allgöwer

This paper studies the extremum seeking control (ESC) problem for a class of constrained nonlinear systems. Specifically, we focus on a family of constraints allowing to reformulate the original nonlinear system in the so-called…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-24 Shuai Yuan , Filippo Fabiani , Simone Baldi

Besides parametric uncertainties and disturbances, the unmodeled dynamics and time delay at the input are often present in practical systems, which cannot be ignored in some cases. This paper aims to solve output feedback tracking control…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-03-10 Quan Quan , Hai Lin , Kai-Yuan Cai

This paper addresses the problem of robust control of a linear discrete-time system subject to bounded disturbances and to measurement and control budget constraints. Using Q-parameterization and a polytope containment method, we prove that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-23 Antoine Aspeel , Kwesi Rutledge , Raphaël M. Jungers , Benoit Macq , Necmiye Özay

This work presents a new sufficient condition for synthesizing nonlinear controllers that yield bounded closed-loop tracking error transients despite the presence of unmatched uncertainties that are concurrently being learned online. The…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-23 Samuel G. Gessow , Brett T. Lopez

This article addresses the problem of data-driven numerical optimal control for unknown nonlinear systems. In our scenario, we suppose to have the possibility of performing multiple experiments (or simulations) on the system. Experiments…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-19 Marco Borghesi , Lorenzo Sforni , Giuseppe Notarstefano

We propose a dual mode extremum seeking control design technique that achieves real-time optimization of an unknown measured cost function in a prescribed time. The controller is shown to achieve semi-global practical stability of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-14 Adam Waterman , Martin Guay , Denis Dochain

This paper presents a learning-based approach for impromptu trajectory tracking for non-minimum phase systems, i.e., systems with unstable inverse dynamics. Inversion-based feedforward approaches are commonly used for improving tracking…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-03-08 Siqi Zhou , Mohamed K. Helwa , Angela P. Schoellig

Accurate motion control in the face of disturbances within complex environments remains a major challenge in robotics. Classical model-based approaches often struggle with nonlinearities and unstructured disturbances, while RL-based methods…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-23 Feng Gao , Chao Yu , Yu Wang , Yi Wu

In this paper, a novel robust tracking control scheme for a general class of discrete-time nonlinear systems affected by unknown bounded uncertainty is presented. By solving a parameterized optimal tracking control problem subject to the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-08 Alexandros Tanzanakis , John Lygeros

Control design for general nonlinear robotic systems with guaranteed stability and/or safety in the presence of model uncertainties is a challenging problem. Recent efforts attempt to learn a controller and a certificate (e.g., a Lyapunov…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-05 Vivek Sharma , Pan Zhao , Naira Hovakimyan

In [22] a form of extremum seeking for control (ESC) was developed for the stabilization of uncertain nonlinear systems. In ESC the extremum seeker itself controls the systems through feedback rather than fine tuning a controller. The ESC…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-08-17 Alexander Scheinker , David Scheinker

In this paper, a model reference adaptive control architecture is proposed for uncertain nonlinear systems to achieve prescribed performance guarantees. Specifically, a general nonlinear reference model system is considered that captures an…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-11 Ehsan Arabi , Kunal Garg , Dimitra Panagou

In this paper, we consider the tracking control problem for robot manipulators which are affected by constant bounded disturbances. Three control schemes are applied for the problem, which composed of integral action and tracking…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-18 Amir. A. Ghavifekr , Saeed Pezeshki , Arash Arjmandi