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TY - JOUR AU - Zhang, Chengxi PY - 2026 DA - 2026/01/29 TI - Self-Learning Control under Practical Actuation JO - Aerospace Engineering Communications T2 - Aerospace Engineering Communications JF - Aerospace Engineering Communications VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 36 EP - 46 DO - 10.62762/AEC.2025.320719 UR - https://www.icck.org/article/abs/AEC.2025.320719 KW - self-learning control KW - uniform ultimate boundedness KW - smooth saturated actuator KW - spacecraft attitude control AB - This paper develops a general and implementation friendly stability framework for self-learning control (SLC) laws of the form $u(t)=k_1(t)u(t-\tau)+k_2 v(t)$. Uniform ultimate boundedness is established for a class of general linear plants under two engineering actuator assumptions: (i) smoothness and (ii) saturation with maximum value. These assumptions are reasonable for practical systems and yield an explicit bound, which converts the delay learning mechanism into a nominal (delay-free) controller plus a bounded perturbation injection. The most notable feature of SLC is its simplicity of structure coupled with excellent performance. It is compatible with traditional algorithms and can enhance even PD-type controllers. A complete design procedure and a spacecraft attitude tracking simulation example are provided to demonstrate compatibility with aerospace applications while presenting a broadly applicable theoretical result. SN - pending PB - Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge LA - English ER -
@article{Zhang2026SelfLearni,
author = {Chengxi Zhang},
title = {Self-Learning Control under Practical Actuation},
journal = {Aerospace Engineering Communications},
year = {2026},
volume = {1},
number = {1},
pages = {36-46},
doi = {10.62762/AEC.2025.320719},
url = {https://www.icck.org/article/abs/AEC.2025.320719},
abstract = {This paper develops a general and implementation friendly stability framework for self-learning control (SLC) laws of the form \$u(t)=k\_1(t)u(t-\tau)+k\_2 v(t)\$. Uniform ultimate boundedness is established for a class of general linear plants under two engineering actuator assumptions: (i) smoothness and (ii) saturation with maximum value. These assumptions are reasonable for practical systems and yield an explicit bound, which converts the delay learning mechanism into a nominal (delay-free) controller plus a bounded perturbation injection. The most notable feature of SLC is its simplicity of structure coupled with excellent performance. It is compatible with traditional algorithms and can enhance even PD-type controllers. A complete design procedure and a spacecraft attitude tracking simulation example are provided to demonstrate compatibility with aerospace applications while presenting a broadly applicable theoretical result.},
keywords = {self-learning control, uniform ultimate boundedness, smooth saturated actuator, spacecraft attitude control},
issn = {pending},
publisher = {Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge}
}
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