On a Novel Hybrid LQ-MCS Control Strategy and its Application to a DC Motor

This paper is concerned with the investigation of a novel hybrid LQ-Adaptive strategy based on the so called Minimal Control Synthesis Algorithm (MCS). A model reference MCS adaptive control scheme is implemented where the reference model is controlled via an LQ regulator. An additional supervisory control action updates on-line the reference model and the gains of the LQ control, switching between a control and an identification phase. The resulting hybrid LQ-MCS algorithm is validated on a representative case study