An approach to adaptive control in the behavioural framework

The behavioural framework for modelling and control is a framework that does not distinguish a priori between input and output of a system. Control in the behavioural framework does not rely on the observation of system output and feedback, but rather on the interconnection of the to-be-controlled system to an appropriate controller, yielding the desired overall behaviour. In this paper, a scheme for adaptive control by interconnection is presented and compared to a feedback control scheme based on a numerical study. A focussed introduction into the behavioural framework with the concepts important for this paper is presented.