Two new output feedback adaptive control schemes based on Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC) and adaptive laws for updating the controller parameters are developed for a class of linear multi-input–multi-output (MIMO) systems with state delay. An effective controller structure established on a new error equation parametrization is proposed to achieve tracking with the error tending to zero...

We consider tracking control for nonlinear multi-input, multi-output systems which have arbitrary strict relative degree and stable internal dynamics. For a given sufficiently smooth reference signal, our aim is to design a controller which achieves that the tracking error evolves within a prespecified performance funnel. To this end, we introduce a new controller which involves the first r− 1 ...

After a brief discussion of the existing methods of measuring various motor and other neurological functions as well as methods of inferring the parkinsonian symptoms therefrom, a simple computer based device and a method making use of pursuit tracking to assess different motor and neurologic characteristics are proposed. Computational methods of extracting attributes from the tracking data lik...

This paper considers the problem of tracking and regulation for the class of linear differential systems in the behavioral framework. Given a plant, together with an exosystem generating the disturbances and the reference signals, the problem of tracking and regulation is to find a controller such that the plant variable tracks the reference signal regardless of the disturbance acting on the sy...

Abstract This article presents a development of a fuzzy based nominal characteristic trajectory following (NCTF) controller for continuous motion control. A new structure is proposed in order to achieve excellent performance of tracking to a continuous reference input and also for point-to-point positioning task. The proposed structure maintains the NCTF controller simple configuration which is...

As a preparation for future possible orbit determination of GNSS satellites by VLBI observations an initial three-station experiment was planned and performed in January 2009. The goal was to get first experience and to verify the feasibility of using the method for accurate satellite tracking. GNSS orbits related to a satellite constellation can be expressed in the Terrestrial Reference Frame....

Tracking of a reference signal (assumed bounded with essentially bounded derivative) is considered in a context of a class of nonlinear systems, with output y, described by functional differential equations (a generalization of the class of linear minimum-phase systems with positive high-frequency gain). The primary control objective is tracking with prescribed accuracy: given λ > 0 (arbitraril...

A functional description of a communications satellite beacon receiver is presented. The system, designed primarily for LES-5/6, is capable of reliable unattended operation, and provides a frequency and time reference for fixed and highly mobile satellite communications terminals. Theoretical and experimental data are given, with particular emphasis on automatic acquisition and tracking of the ...