Least squares adaptive control for uncertain system based on modified predictive model

Abstract This research addresses the tracking problem of least squares adaptive control for a class of nonlinear system with mismatched uncertainties. Different from most of existing solutions, modified predictive model is integrated into the proposed least squares adaptive control architecture. The significant role of modified predictive model in the adaptive control architecture is to achieve smooth transient by filtering out the high‐frequency oscillations, which cannot be canceled out by use of the hypothetical parameterized uncertainty models. Meanwhile, in order to guarantee tracking performance, a generalized restricted potential function (GRPF) is designed to constrain the weighted Euclidean norm of the predictive error of the modified predictive model to be less than a predefined scalar worst‐case bound. Finally, comparative simulations via the generic transport model (GTM) are conducted to examine the effectiveness of the proposed method. The results show that the transient performance and tracking performance of the controlled system can be improved simultaneously by the proposed method.