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The objectives of this research work are to develop direct and indirect adaptive control strategies for discrete-time nonlinear systems and to investigate the applicability of the proposed schemes to adaptive tracking control of a flexible-link manipulator. The first problem con…

Vehicle occupants are typically exposed to unpleasant whole-body vibration (WBV) for extended period of time. It is well known that the transmission of unwanted vibration to the human body can lead to fatigue and discomfort. Moreover, the unwanted vibration normally distributed …

Circadian rhythms exist in almost all of living species, and they occupy an important role in daily biological activities of these species. This thesis deals with reduction of measurements in circadian models, and recovery of circadian phases. Two mathematical models of circadia…

Adaptive control, i.e., learning to control an unknown linear dynamical system, has a long history in statistics and control theory. However, sharp non-asymptotic bounds were only recently obtained, and are outputs of an ongoing research program aiming to apply tools from learni…