Adaptive estimation in nonlinearly parameterized nonlinear dynamical systems

The paper presents a new technique for the adaptive parameter estimation in nonlinear parameterized dynamical systems. The technique proposes an uncertainty set-update approach that guarantees forward invariance of the true value of the parameters. In addition, it is shown that in the presence of sufficiently exciting state trajectories, the parameter estimates converge to the true values and the uncertainty set vanishes around the true value of the parameters. Two simulation examples are presented that demonstrate the effectiveness of the technique.