Data-driven robust approximate optimal tracking control for unknown general nonlinear systems using adaptive dynamic programming method

H Zhang, L Cui, X Zhang, Y Luo - IEEE Transactions on Neural …, 2011‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel data-driven robust approximate optimal tracking control scheme is
proposed for unknown general nonlinear systems by using the adaptive dynamic …

Reinforcement learning for partially observable dynamic processes: Adaptive dynamic programming using measured output data

FL Lewis, KG Vamvoudakis - IEEE Transactions on Systems …, 2010‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Approximate dynamic programming (ADP) is a class of reinforcement learning methods that
have shown their importance in a variety of applications, including feedback control of …

Direct nonlinear control design: The virtual reference feedback tuning (VRFT) approach

MC Campi, SM Savaresi - IEEE Transactions on Automatic …, 2006‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces the virtual reference feedback tuning (VRFT) approach for controller
tuning in a nonlinear setup. VRFT is a data-based method that permits to directly select the …

Direct data-driven control of constrained systems

D Piga, S Formentin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In model-based control design, one often has to describe the plant by a linear model.
Deriving such a model poses issues of parameterization, estimation, and validation of the …

Deterministic continuous-time Virtual Reference Feedback Tuning (VRFT) with application to PID design

S Formentin, MC Campi, A Carè, SM Savaresi - Systems & Control Letters, 2019‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, we introduce a data-driven control design method that does not rely on a
model of the plant. The method is inspired by the Virtual Reference Feedback Tuning …

Data‐driven model reference control with asymptotically guaranteed stability

K Van Heusden, A Karimi… - International Journal of …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a data‐driven controller tuning method that includes a set of constraints
for ensuring closed‐loop stability. The approach requires a single experiment and can also …

Robot control parameters auto-tuning in trajectory tracking applications

L Roveda, M Forgione, D Piga - Control Engineering Practice, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Autonomy is increasingly demanded to industrial manipulators. Robots have to be capable
to regulate their behavior to different operational conditions, adapting to the specific task to …

Data-driven controller tuning: FRIT approach

O Kaneko - IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 2013‏ - Elsevier
In this tutorial paper, we give a basic concept of FRIT (fictitious reference iterative tuning) as
one of the data-driven controller tuning methods. We explain how FRIT can achieve a …

Design and application of a database-driven PID controller with data-driven updating algorithm

S Wakitani, T Yamamoto… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
This study deals with an updating algorithm for a database-driven proportional-integral-
derivative (DD-PID) controller that uses a database for tuning control parameters. PID …

Unbiased MIMO VRFT with application to process control

L Campestrini, D Eckhard, LA Chia, E Boeira - Journal of Process Control, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Continuous process industries usually have hundreds to thousands of control loops, most of
which are coupled, ie one control loop affects the behavior of another control loop. In order …