A methodology for control structure adaptation in presence of varying, unknown sub-system interaction degree

This paper proposes a rationale and methodology for control structure adaptation in presence of varying, unknown sub-system interaction degree. Two elements are introduced: 1) the detection, i.e., the cycle of detecting changing circumstances, planning and deploying responsive modifications and 2) the adaptation of the control architecture to maintain specified performance, fulfilled in absence of model information. The first hand results presented in this work indicate the method works well. Simulation studies support the application potential of the proposed methodology.