Self-tuning controllers for nonlinear systems (Q1820741)

Two new self-tuning control (STC) strategies for nonlinear control problems are proposed. These strategies are applicable to a broad class of nonlinear single-input, single-output systems which can include arbitrary nonlinear functions of the output and the old inputs as well as the products of these functions and any power of the most recent input. Simulation results for a stirred-tank chemical reactor demonstrate that the new nonlinear STC strategy provides significant improvement over conventional STCs based on linear models.