| Delay-Adaptive Linear Control Subjects: Adaptive control systems -- Mathematical models; Time delay systems -- Mathematical models; Linear control systems -- Mathematical models; Linear time invariant systems -- Mathematical models; Differential equations Linear; Engineering mathematics; Actuator and sensor delays are among the most common dynamic phenomena in engineering practice, and when disregarded, they render controlled systems unstable. Over the past sixty years, predictor feedback has been a key tool for compensating such delays, but conventional predictor feedback algorithms assume that the delays and other parameters of a given system are known. When incorrect parameter values are used in the predictor, the resulting controller may be as destabilizing as without the delay compensation. Yang Zhu is a postdoctoral researcher in control theory and engineering at Tel Aviv University. Miroslav Krstic is distinguished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, San Diego, where he also serves as senior associate vice chancellor for research. He is the coauthor of many books, including Nonlinear and Adaptive Control Design (Wiley) and Adaptive Control of Parabolic PDEs (Princeton). |