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This paper presents an improved direct control architecture for the on-line learning control of dynamical systems using backpropagation neural networks. The proposed architecture is compared with the other direct control schemes. In this scheme the neural network interconnection strengths are updated based on the output error of the dynamical system directly, rather than using a transformed version of the error employed in other schemes. The ill effects of the controlled dynamics on the on-line updating of the network weights are moderated by including a compensating gain layer. An error feedback is introduced to improve the dynamic response of the control system. Simulation studies are performed using the nonlinear dynamics of an underwater vehicle and the promising results support the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.
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Venugopal, K.P., Sudhakar, R. & Pandya, A.S. An improved scheme for direct adaptive control of dynamical systems using backpropagation neural networks. Circuits Systems and Signal Process 14, 213–236 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01183835
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