Influence of Adaptation Gain and Reference Model Parameters on System Performance for Model Reference Adaptive Control

This article presents a detailed analysis and comparative performance evaluation of model reference adaptive control systems. In contrast to classical control theory, adaptive control methods allow to deal with time-variant processes. Inspired by the works [1] and [2], two methods based on the MIT rule and Lyapunov rule are applied to a linear first order system. The system is simulated and it is investigated how changes to the adaptation gain affect the system performance. Furthermore, variations in the reference model parameters, that is changing the desired closed-loop behaviour are examinded.

Authors:

• Jan Erik Stellet

Keywords:

• Adaptive control systems
• Adaptation gain
• MIT rule
• Lyapunov rule
• Model reference adaptive control.

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