High-gain adaptive \(\lambda\)-tracking for nonlinear systems (Q1360462)

High-gain adaptive control for a nonlinear minimum-phase system of relative degree one is considered. The concept of \(\lambda\)-tracking is introduced in order to cope with nonlinearity. High-gain adaptive control is not based on identification mechanisms and thus yields a very simple control law. A brief survey of high-gain adaptive control and the special feature of the paper are introduced in section 1. In section 2, the controlled system is defined in detail. A theorem which states that a simple high-gain controller achieves the desired closed-loop objective, is presented in section 3. In section 4, the theory is applied to the \(\lambda\)-tracking control of a chemical reactor. It is concluded that the theory developed by the authors is very effective, by showing simulation results.