The unfalsified control concept and learning

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 843-847

  Safonov, Michael G ^a   Tsao, Tung Ching ^b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b Spectrum Astro Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Identification; Learning systems; Model validation; Nonlinear systems; Robustness; Supervisory control; Uncertain systems; Unfalsified control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS; UNFALSIFIED CONTROL;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031169892     PISSN: 00189286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/9.587340     Document Type: Article

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