Performance robustness properties of adaptive control systems

Abstract
Currently available adaptive control algorithms experience difficulties in the presence of unmodeled plant dynamics. In this paper conditions are derived which guarantee that the adaptive controller will have specified performance despite plant uncertainty and unmodeled dynamics. These conditions provide guidelines for the analysis and design of robust adaptive controllers. A combination of results from robust control and adaptive control theory is used to prove the main theorem. The notions of robust and tuned control are discussed.