Adaptive open loop control for a class of distributed parameter systems

The real time implementation of closed loop control laws obtained by the minimization of a quadratic criterion with finite time intervals is a difficult problem, if we consider computing time and the eventual determination of the state variables. It would seem useful therefore to define, for complex systems such as distributed parameter systems, a control type which unites the advantages of open loop control, with its relative simplicity of implementation, and those of closed loop control, with its ability to reduce perturbations. It is for this reason that we use the principle of adaptive open loop control. In this paper, we describe the principles of such a method and results obtained from one example studied by numerical computation or hybrid simulation in real time.