01376nas a2200157   4500008004100000245008200041210006900123260003300192520080200225653001301027100002301040700001601063700001101079700001601090856011201106       2005                        eng d00aOutput feedback control via adaptive observers with persistency of excitation0 aOutput feedback control via adaptive observers with persistency   aPraha, Tcheck RepubliccJuly3 a<p>We address the problem of adaptive observer design for nonlinear time-varying systems which can be transformed in the so-called output feedback form (linear in the unmeasured variables). The observer design follows up previous work on adaptive observers for linear systems and has the form of the classical Luenberger observers for linear systems except that the observer gain is time-varying. A specific form of persistency of excitation is imposed to guarantee the convergence of the (state and parameter) estimation errors. As for the output feedback loop, we proceed using a cascade approach, i.e., we impose the appropriate conditions so that the closed loop system has a cascaded structure. Uniform global asymptotic stability may then be concluded based on cascaded systems theory.</p>
10aRobotics1 aDe Leon Morales, J1 aChaillet, A1 aLor, A1 aBesancon, G  uhttp://615830.rige.asia/publications/output-feedback-control-adaptive-observers-persistency-excitation.html01624nas a2200169   4500008004100000245009200041210006900133260002900202300001600231520101300247653001301260100001101273700001601284700001601300700001501316856012301331       2005                        eng d00aOn the PE stabilization of time-varying systems: open questions and preliminary answers0 aPE stabilization of timevarying systems open questions and preli  aSevilla, SpaincDecember  a6847–68523 a<p>We address the following fundamental question: given a double integrator and a linear control that stabilizes it exponentially, is it possible to use the {\em same} control input in the case that the control input is multiplied by a time-varying term? Such question has many interesting motivations and generalizations: 1) we can pose the same problem for an input gain that depends on the state and time hence, a specific persistency of excitation property for nonlinear systems must be imposed; 2) the stabilization –with the same method– of chains of integrators of higher order than two is fundamentally more complex and has applications in the stabilization of driftless systems; 3) the popular backstepping method stabilization method for systems with non-invertible input terms. The purpose of this note is two-fold: we present some open questions that we believe are significant in time-varying stabilization and present some preliminary answers for simple, yet challenging case-studies.</p>
10aRobotics1 aLor, A1 aChaillet, A1 aBesancon, G1 aChitour, Y  uhttp://615830.rige.asia/publications/pe-stabilization-time-varying-systems-open-questions-and-preliminary-answers.html