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    • Control Systems Engineering
    • Nonlinear System Dynamics
    • Adaptive Control Theory

    Background:

    • Discrete-time nonlinear systems often face challenges due to unmodeled dynamics, external disturbances, and parameter uncertainties.
    • Traditional control methods require accurate system models, which are difficult to obtain for complex nonlinear systems.
    • Model-free adaptive control (MFAC) offers a promising alternative by relying solely on system input-output data.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose a novel disturbance observer dynamic linearization (DL)-based model-free adaptive control (MFAC) scheme.
    • To address the control of discrete-time nonlinear systems subject to unknown disturbances and uncertainties.
    • To develop a purely data-driven control strategy that eliminates the need for a precise system model.

    Main Methods:

    • Construction of a partial-form-dynamic-linearization-based disturbance observer (PDO) using the DL technique.
    • Development of an adaptive observer gain updating algorithm through minimization of an estimation criterion function.
    • Formation of the PDO-based MFAC scheme and rigorous analysis of its bounded stability using the contraction mapping principle.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed PDO-based MFAC scheme effectively compensates for disturbances and uncertainties in discrete-time nonlinear systems.
    • The control system and disturbance observer are designed using only the input-output data of the system, demonstrating a purely data-driven approach.
    • Rigorous mathematical analysis confirms the bounded stability of the developed control scheme.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed disturbance observer dynamic linearization (DL)-based model-free adaptive control (MFAC) scheme provides an effective and data-driven solution for controlling discrete-time nonlinear systems.
    • The method's validity and practical applicability are confirmed through numerical simulations and a real-world vehicle turning experiment.