M. Thoma

TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic feedback design theory for solving the problems of asymptotic tracking and disturbance rejection for linear distributed parameter systems is presented, which is intended to support the development of flight controllers for increasing the high angle of attack or high agility capabilities of existing and future generations of aircraft.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the fundamentals of global stabilization and optimal control of nonlinear systems with uncertain models, including deterministic disturbance attenuation, stochastic control, and adaptive control.

TL;DR: Adaptive control provides techniques for automatic adjustment in real-time of controller parameters to achieve or maintain a desired level of system performance when the process parameters are unknown or variable as mentioned in this paper. But adaptive control is not suitable for all applications.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a general framework for system passivity and a framework for dynamic boundary control of Vibration Systems based on passivity, as well as a series of properties of nonlinear semigroups of contractions.

TL;DR: This book is a self-contained compendium of easily implementable adaptive control algorithms that have been developed and applied by the authors for over 10 years and are suitable for a wide class of multiple input-output control systems containing significant uncertainty as well as disturbances.