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    • Control Systems Engineering
    • Machine Learning

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    • Human behavior modeling is crucial for enhancing machine intelligence in human-in-the-loop systems.
    • Traditional adaptive estimation methods require persistent excitation (PE) conditions, limiting real-world applicability.
    • Inverse Reinforcement Learning (IRL) aims to infer cost functions from observed behavior.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose an online adaptive IRL approach for human behavior modeling in linear human-in-the-loop (HiTL) systems.
    • To enable machines to learn human-like task performance using only state data.
    • To overcome limitations of existing adaptive estimation techniques.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed an integral concurrent adaptive law to learn the human feedback gain matrix online from demonstrated state data.
    • Formulated the IRL problem as a linear matrix inequality (LMI) optimization problem.
    • Utilized state data only, removing the need for persistent excitation (PE) conditions.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully learned the human feedback gain matrix online without PE conditions.
    • Efficiently retrieved the unknown weighting matrix of the human cost function using LMI optimization.
    • Demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed approach through a simulation example.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed online adaptive IRL approach effectively models human behavior in linear HiTL systems.
    • This method enhances machine intelligence by enabling human-like task execution.
    • The approach is practical for real-world applications due to the removal of PE conditions.